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[quote=Anonymous]You may need to reduce it very slowly. You should also read up on withdrawal syndrome. Most people who come off SSRIs (or any medication whose mechanism of action is neurotransmitters) tends to reexperience the symptoms they had initially as part of the withdrawal process. It can take weeks to a couple months to give the brain a chance to stabilize off meds to actually get a picture of how she is doing off meds. Talk to the psychiatrist. I did work pediatric psych but we didn't put kids that young on SSRIs - the youngest ones were more in the 8-9 range. Has she done CBT? There are good pediatric therapists who do CBT. It is best to do it when she is on the meds as you learn best when not going through change or in an anxious state. [/quote]
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