Posted by leslieg on January 28, 2003, at 19:25:27
In reply to Re: help changing son from Paxil to Lexapro » mills, posted by lcg4 on January 28, 2003, at 10:03:48
I'm assuming you are in the U.S. Does your son have an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) or 504 plan? It sounds like it is time for one. If he has a medical / psychological disorder that put his grades at risk and he is being activly treated by a doctor, then the school should work *with* you and not against you. ADHD, for example, definitly qualifies a student for an IEP ... do some research on the web, talk to your school administrators, there are ways that you can help your son outside of helping him get his medicine straightned out (in other words, you can do something active while waiting to see whether the meds work better...)
Good luck.
> .. He went from an honors student last year to barely getting C's and low B's. It's been frustrating for all of us. He is doing better on the 10mg concentration wise but he is not as sharp as he was without the drugs. We have no choice though for now because he really gets anxious and panics. ... I just am afraid to rock the boat at this point because he has a lot of school activities coming up that he won't be able to do if he is panicky. Just not sure if we should change and how it will effect him. We may wait till the summer but if his grades don't get better we may need to change now. Your thoughts on this would help. Thanks, Linda
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