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Originally Posted by Annee I think you should definitely tell his doctor what you just told us. There are many medications that do the same thing as Zoloft which would not have the same side effects. In fact, communicating the side effects of one medication is often helpful to the doctor in narrowing down which other med will be most effective for an individual. My 24-year-old Autistic son has been on various medications since he was 12, and he's had to change from time to time, usually because he's built up a tolerance to the one he's on. But it's always been helpful to his psychiatrist or neurologist to know exactly what had gone wrong with the previous med, before prescribing the new one. By the way, medication has done more in normalizing my son than any treatment or therapy. Good luck to you  |
Excellent advice. My ten year old son has been on Zoloft for two years, and it has been very helpful in treating his anxiety. But it bears asking, is it a psychopharmocologist who is monitoring your son, or his pediatrician? Pediatricians are not the best source for monitoring these kinds of drugs, and tend to under-dose the medications, so the results can be highly inaccurate as to their effectiveness. If you are not seeing a psychiatrist, do so, and if you are, call him and let him know what is going on.
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