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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She’s doing great because she’s adequately medicated. I would not reduce her dosage unless you are willing to  manage the escalation in behaviors but if you decide to try it,  do it when she is not in school and you are around to monitor her. [/quote]

Disagree. These are strong medicines and reducing the dose is prudent. I’m an adult woman but I found I could reduce my SSRI dose down to 1/4 of the supposed therepeutic dose and get most of the benefits and fewer side effects. Because of the way SSRIs work, most of the withdrawal effects don’t happen until you stop completely. I was taking half a pill every 4 days before I started to feel withdrawals! [/quote]

Disagree.  Reducing the dosage may or may not be prudent, it's different for everyone.  I'm also an adult woman and I certainly do feel it when I have reduced or forgotten my meds.  For me personally, I don't want most of the benefits...I want all of them.  Depression and anxiety suck and I'm not trying to be a hero and muscle through anything.  But also, side effects for me are not bad and I may think differently if they were.[/quote]

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