Posted by LynneDa on January 28, 2004, at 11:22:45
In reply to Re: Question RE: Lexapro for 14 year old » Bill LL, posted by PoohBear on January 28, 2004, at 11:09:38
Hi Tony - I'm certainly no psychiatrist, but if the poor boy is suffering, it seems there is a need to try other meds until something is found to work. We all know the same meds and dosages don't work for everyone. Additionally, sometimes it takes anywhere from 2 to 9 weeks for Lex to make a difference, according to all the folks who post here.
What a scary thing to go through! The parents need to be strong advocates for that child in order to get them to keep trying different methods to help him. He sounds like he may be counseling-resistant, but they sure need to supplement meds with that.
Good luck and you are wonderful for caring so much!
~ LynneBill:
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> Though he took the medication in the hospital, his father feels it did little good, as he still thought about suicide throughout his stay there. The hospital stay was also bad in that it exposed him to a number of very hard-core teen-age mental patients: they'd often directly undermine the work of the parents and staff...
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> Since coming home his refusal to eat has perhaps been the worst thing, as the effecacy of the medication is debatable. He doesn't have celiac disease, but there's some other nephrotic thing going on with his weight and kidneys; has been for several years. At this point the kid's pretty messed up, especially with puberty added in.
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> I don't know that he was always depressed,, but I have known him since infancy and he has always been quiet and done odd things for attention, like keying the side of their new van, etc. Not a bad kid, just odd. These are two of our best friend from college, a very loving home. All of the 4 kids have been home-schooled.
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