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[quote=Anonymous]Our child's psychiatrist said SSRIs, like Zoloft, are the treatment of choice now for anxiety as well as depression.  It is essentially trial and error with SSRIs and they all have different characteristics.  You can read about the side effect profile of different meds online.  That's what I did and told the psychiatrist which side effects we definitely wanted to avoid and which was our choice and the doctor didn't have a  preference as to which one we try first so prescribed the one we picked out.  Doctors tend to minimize side effects and to the PPs on this board, it is best to try to inform oneself before dealing with doctors as you and your child are ultimately the ones dealing with the meds and side effects, not the doctor.  Doctors can be nonchalant with meds too.  Be your own advocate.  OP we didn't end up trying the SSRI.  Too nervous about the low risk of aggression but someday we may turn to it. I myself tried Zoloft once and it made me jittery. Also beware, SSRIs tend to have discontinuation syndrome and so when going off of them, it should be done very gradually.  [/quote]

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