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[quote=Anonymous]My DS had crippling anxiety that was not abating much with CBT. It was really interfering with life and causing near daily meltdowns. He is on the autism spectrum and a lot of the anxiety had to do with rigidity of thinking, freaking out over unknown or not routine things, etc. There was so much stuff he couldn’t enjoy. With great trepidation we started him on Lexapro. It was nothing short of transformational. Sometimes I still marvel at how calm and flexible he is. He seems a lot happier and is doing so much stuff I never could have imagined before, like going to camps where he doesn’t know anyone or what exactly will happen, etc Why Lexapro? Because I had started it in my 40’s, for depression and anxiety. I often wonder what my life might have been like if I’d started it much earlier. I also think my parents’ alcoholism was them self medicating. We both have had some weight gain on it which is a bummer but preferable to the crying and screaming.[/quote]
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