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[quote=Anonymous]As an adult I reluctantly started taking Lexapro and found it to be life-changing. Screaming rage anxiety attacks that had been part of my life forever were just suddenly gone. With less anxiety I was actually able to start doing the work of therapy and trying to change old relationship patterns they weren’t working for me. So when my son began having extreme anxiety that was interfering with his schooling and his social life and basically everything, and we sent him to cognitive behavioral therapy for several months and it did not help much, I put him on the same drug at about age 12. I had a lot of concerns about medicating my kid but at the same time I felt like it would be hypocritical to benefit from this drug myself and to deny it to him. It was *amazing* how quickly things changed for him. *Amazing.* His angry outbursts, which I now see were fueled by a lot of anxiety, completely stopped. [/quote]
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