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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is she on Prozac? If she is not on a small dose of Prozac, may I ask why?
Ds had it and Prozac was a life saver. At a young age small dose can require the brain chemistry and then child develops better social behaviors and talking becomes what is normal for the kid.[/quote]

DD was diagnosed very young - around 2.5 - which is too young for medication. She has responded fairly well to PCIT-SM therapy, and I suspect it's because of that her therapists have not yet recommended medication. However, we have experienced progress and then plateaus where she is verbal but not fully verbal in school. Some of it may be our fault for not being as diligent as we could be with exposures and playdates. We are looking forward to building our skill set during the parent training component of the camp and also getting tips from the other parents. I really appreciate your comment because it is a reminder to ask about medication. Anxiety definitely runs in our family and I myself recently started an SSRI which has been a game-changer for me personally.[/quote]

Micro dose of Prozac for a few weeks before school started and then weaning off w/n 6 months plus requesting he be assigned a low key experienced teacher (versus high energy rapid fire talking teacher) and having him visit the classroom the week before school started 2x greatly helped more than therapy or the selective mutism summer camp.  We paid for an advocate to assist us before our meeting with  the school to present our request at the 504 meeting the prior April before DS started K.  Also the cost of the psychologist who wrote report after observing ds in prek class and answering questions over the phone.  Thankfully the microsdose worked and was a life changer for us.[/quote]

who can prescribe prozac in DMV area. DS is 2.8 months. [/quote]

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