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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter was diagnosed with anxiety and depression at 15. At the time it was big anxiety, resulting in self-harm, and depression to a lesser extent.

She did about 15mo of therapy alone before deciding it was time to try medication.

Prozac has little to no side effects for missed doses (withdrawl), which is why our pediatrician recommends trying it first with teens. The only side effect my daughter noticed (and it was very noticeable!) was muscle twitching. Unfortunately, it didn't work well for her, so she had to taper off and then started Lexapro. This was one of the hardest times for us. She was hopeless and worried that the next thing wouldn't work either. She was at an all-time low for that period of time.

Lexapro worked well for awhile for her, but caused weight gain and maybe some hormone changes and sports performance decreased.

She then had a major depressive episode, which prompted a change to Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin, which is a different drug class (not a SSRI) has been working very well for depression, but we were told it really doesn't touch anxiety. So she is still on a very small dose of Lexapro. She has no complaints about side effects and has lost the extra weight.

There are so many different responses to these medications, but my kid is definitely in a better place medicated than not.

Good luck~ I know this journey is hard![/quote]

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