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Zoloft for OCD + ODD information
My son is 7 and was prescribed 12.5mg (half tab of 25mg) of Zoloft and to increase it to 25mg in several weeks if it seems he's tolerating the medication well.
He is going to be taking it for OCD for his thoughts that he can't seem to stop having/thinking/obsessing over.
Then, he'll begin therapy for ODD so we can learn how to help him and how he can help himself, etc.
Do you have any advice on medication at this age? Has your child used or do they use Zoloft? What was your experience?
We originally thought he had ADHD with a possible Bipolar Disorder but were referred to a child psychiatrist when the non-child psychologist became uncomfortable (in my opinion) with trying to diagnose my child.
The child psychiatrist said that she doesn't agree with most of the non-child psychologist's findings. I can agree with her as my husband and I weren't seeing what he (non-child psychologist) thought could be Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia.
Does anyone have any advice on ODD? I've googl'ed it some in the past when I was looking at Bipolar Disorder and came across it. I'm not exactly sure how it's treated. Not just therapy treatment wise but how you handle it in the home and every day life.
I'd appreciate any advice you could give me. Thank you so much!
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Re: Zoloft for OCD + ODD information
- My son's school (we've been to 2 of them) will not do anything for him as far as testing goes. They have told us that only his pediatrician can assess him. They told us that they can put him on an RTI which is Response To Intervention. Which, outlines what is going on and how they are working to help him. Such as having a behavior plan in place, etc. I live in Texas if that matters any.
- We are taking him to Cook's Children Behavioral Health and they are a component of the Cook's Children Medical Hospital. They are collectively a team that will have the Psychiatrist and then the therapist. I do not know yet if the therapist is a psychologist or not. I'll find that out when I am able to schedule his appointment. His actual pediatrician referred us to Cook's as he isn't able to diagnose behavior problems, etc. What is the difference between my normal pediatrician and then a developmental pediatrician? I'll look into another opinion from a developmental pediatrician if it's any different than his current one.
- The psychiatrist we saw did tell us to be aware of his behavior and let her know if it worsens as it could be an indicator for Bipolar or something else (I don't remember the term).
- What is an anxiety comorbid? I will PM you with some information on my son's compulsive problems.
- I do not think he has Dysgraphia after looking up the signs of it. He has no trouble spelling or putting thoughts down on paper. He enjoys writing and has a journal at home that he writes his stories and thoughts in. Thank you for mentioning it though. It never hurts to look at every part of a big puzzle.
- I do see that he fits almost all of the description check list thoughts for Sensory Seeking Behavior. What does that mean if he has OCD? Is that something that the medication (Zoloft) and the psychologist will help him work through?
- I looked up R/O Autism and I'm not sure exactly what it is. I read one brief website about it (the first one that came up about a dr. that found it?) and I don't believe that he exhibits any of those characteristics.
Again, I'm going to PM you about some things I don't want on the board. Thank you so much for helping me out and mentioning other possible behaviors.
My DD 14 yrs old was prescribed Zoloft as the 2nd medication we tried. She is dx'd w/ major depression, ODD, PMDD and trauma induced boarderline personality disorder.
It made her VERY tired. She would be difficult to wake in the morning, even though she's a teenager she's normally a morning person. We are no longer using it.
When I read this I immediately thought of my student who was just on Zoloft for a week. It didn't work well with him and his mom took him off of it. I am a first grade teacher. His mom and myself have suspicions of high functioning autism, but the neuropsychologist was not willing to offer a diagnosis at this time. One of the therapists he went to even brought up bipolar disorder. He is diagnosed with ODD and ADHD and definitely has obsessive and compulsive tendencies. He has been on meds for ADHD which help, but then he became depressed on them. They have tried at least 3 or 4 of them over the last year and a half. Due to his moodiness and anxiety, the pedi thought maybe Zoloft would be a good fit. From what I saw it was not good in his case. He became aggressive and more defiant.
I agree with auntie, going to a developmental pediatrician would probably be your best bet. Sometimes I think having too many docs, some of which are not qualified, try to diagnose a child creates more of a headache than anything.
What is the difference between a developmental pediatrician and a regular pediatrician?
You're right, I didn't mean it as no one should ever use it. I should have prefaced that this was our experience with this particular drug and it wasn't right for us. My DD is still under observation from a Child Psychatrist and Psychologist. She has a team working with her to get her through her issues.
We do now after 3 different med trials and 2 dosage trials finally have a medication that is helping with little side effects for my DD.
The psychiatrist doesn't think he has bipolar, just the psychologist mentioned concern because of thoughts he was having. The prescription she gave she said could interact with him in a weird way if he does have bipolar but that she doesn't think he has it. She said if he reacts to the medication in a negative way that she'd suspect that we'd need to try a different med (I don't remember the name).
A regular pediatrician deals with more "regular" sorts of things. A developmental pediatrician is more specialized and deals with this sort of stuff more often.
Oh, I see. Thank you so much.
Auntie, I sent you another reply to the PM.