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[quote=Anonymous]Therapy was very beneficial for the reasons others explained. It takes a while and you have to measure your success in relative terms: kid's recovery from meltdown was quicker; kid still had meltdowns but fewer; kid was in horrible mood but didn't lash out; and so on until you get to a point that feels like where you wanted to be.

Sometimes medication provides the necessary jumpstart. It artificially elevates the mood in a way that makes child more open to therapy or makes child actually able to use techniques learned in therapy. For us, a very low dose of prozac for 1.5 years made a HUGE difference. We had been doing therapy for a longtime before that--and it was helpful in terms of parents learning how to manage the anxiety--but not so helpful for my son until he took the medication.

He has been off the medication for much longer than he was on it now and certainly still has anxiety but really none of that constant irritability. He never lashes out really almost ever--occasionally at a sibling but I would say less than average.[/quote]

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