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[quote=Anonymous]We medicated my DD at age 8 with zoloft. At first, 25 mg worked (saw a huge difference in a week - HUGE). After a few months, her tremendous anxiety/OCD came back and we bumped up to 50 mgs and again, within a week, a huge difference. (She has not had any side effects.) I kick myself that we didn't do it sooner and am mad that I didn't get better advice from providers we were working with at the time.

When we started medication, she could barely leave the house, often could not attend school, had trouble sleeping,  threw colossal rages (didn't realize this was related until after meds) and had persistent thoughts of violence, tragedy or hurting herself. (This happened slowly over time, so looking back, it's hard to pinpoint a time where I should have seen that THIS is when I should have pushed for medication.) She had always been an anxious kid - trouble sleeping, stomachaches at school, separation anxiety, but around age 7, it started becoming much worse. But honestly, zoloft has given us our daughter back. We didn't realize the huge toll it was taking on her and the whole family.

We also do weekly CBT with a fantastic provider and I feel like with that solid foundation, we may never get to crisis mode again.

Although it can take a little bit of time to find the right dose and right med (although it our case, like I said, we saw results almost immediately) if your DD's life is restricted in any way because of her anxiety, you can always try it. If it doesn't help or there are side effects, it's easy to stop.[/quote]

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