Does anyone's teen use meds?

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Does anyone's teen use meds?
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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 7:37pm
My daughter has been suffering from mild depression, anxiety and OCD that has become a distracting problem over the past few months.
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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 8:25pm

DS's doc tried to put him on Paxil back when he was in 5th grade - he got the shakes, got cold/hot, had nightmares - they said it may take a few weeks to get over the initial side effects; as he was using it for occasional test anxiety we backed out after about 2 days.

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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 8:42pm

Cory is 15 and is ADD. It really affects his school work. Other than his school grades and work..we have no issues. But boy is he got attention problems. He's just the ADD...without the H. He's tried Concerta. Hated the way it made him feel. So we took him off it. He tried Adderall. Said it did nothing. We took him off it. THen we recently tried the Daytrana patch and he says it works. Sure. The most EXPENSIVE one works. It's about $200 a month. His brother is ADHD and has behavioral issues and takes Concerta that runs us $130 a month. So unfortunitely, Cory's meds are waiting about another month while we catch up on bills. Then we'll get him back on them. Without prescription coverage it just about kills us.


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Registered: 01-02-2008
Thu, 01-17-2008 - 7:25am
Yes, DD13 has been on zoloft over a yr now for severe panic disorder. Her Dad and I were not thrilled about the idea of starting her on a med. But......we got to the point that we needed more help than just therapy. The zoloft was a Godsend for us. It saved our family. DD has a friend with very, very severe OCD. He was put on zoloft and is soooooo much better now. He is on the cross country team at school, something he would not have been able to do before the meds. I know that zoloft isn't for everyone though, I have a very close friend whose 10 yr old has severe OCD, and GA. Zoloft gave him severe headaches and had to go to prozac instead. It's all trial and error. Have your dd evaluated by a Doc. and take it from there. Best of luck to you. If you have any questions about my DD's zoloft experience, please feel free to ask me.
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Thu, 01-17-2008 - 9:05am

My almost-12 year old takes a low dose of Paxil for generalized anxiety disorder.

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Thu, 01-17-2008 - 9:20am
Older ds is on anti-depressents.
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Registered: 01-02-2008
Thu, 01-17-2008 - 10:23am

Do you have a walmart near you?? If so call them and ask them if the meds your kids are on is on the $4/$10 generic plan. This is when you pay only $4 or $10 for your RX.


DS is on dexadrine for ADD and her med is covered by the program.


If your med is NOT on the list, you can ask your doctor if the med is under the pataint assist program. This is when the maker of the medicine sends you the meds for free each month. This is income regulated but the income guidelines are high. So you just might quilify.

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Thu, 01-17-2008 - 10:50am

My DS is now 17 years old and a junior in highschool.