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I am overwelmed with my daughters depression. Please help Prozac question.?
My daughter is 14 years old. She started prozac around 3 weeks ago. She was doing good but now all of a sudden she is depressed again. Has anyone had a teen that had this problem? If so, what did they do for them?
I forgot to say, we have tried a large number of medications. It has been around a year and a half on different medicines trying to help her. I can't even work because of this.
6 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
teens and children have to monitored closely for adverse reactions to drugs like prozac. I would go here and get a therapist that knows how to help heal these things and get rid of the drugs. eftmasters.com
look up antidepressants at mercola.com
Source(s): xxxx - Anonymous8 years ago
Hey, I'm Katie. I was put on prozac, ive been on it for two moths, and for the first few weeks i felt more calm, but then things took a turn. But theres one thing you need to know, Prozac will have side affects but they wont last long, it could get worse before it gets better. Just hang in there, Okay? If nothing looks up take her to the doctor or a therapist x
- 8 years ago
Medications like that can take a while to really take full effect, sometimes a month or longer. If it's really not working, I would suggest switching to a different medication. That's something you'd need to talk to her doctor about. Antidepressants can have different effects on younger people. I would also suggest, if she isn't already, having her talk to a therapist or counselor. Teen years can be really difficult, especially if you have an anxiety disorder or a chemical imbalance that leads to depression.
Source(s): Suffered from anxiety as a teen, experience with medications like prozac - Anonymous8 years ago
Well considering that I went through the exact thing as your daughter, they put me on different medication or increased the dosage. Just meet up with that doctor and explain what is going on and they will help you out.
Source(s): Ive been there - schlickLv 44 years ago
Prozac has been widespread to reason undesirable ingredient outcomes yet it hasn't been pulled, inspite of a few detrimental outcomes from analyze. somebody i comprehend took it for years, then a clean widespread practitioner took them top of it. it rather is a controversy of opinion between docs- some sense different alternatives ought to be taken, whilst some are sceptical with regard to the full negativity of the drug. It has come below fireplace with extreme situations approximately some people actually springing up far greater extreme psychological ailment, including paranoid schizophrenia. drugs impact people in distinctive techniques, besides the shown fact that the adaptation with Prozac, is that although many different consumers haven't any issues, there remains quite lots with the ingredient outcomes, greater so than an incredible form of alternative drugs- in spite of everything this is why it rather is made the media over the years. you need to in no way sense you could desire to submit with the ingredient outcomes if there is yet another sensible decision although, so suitable to communicate on your widespread practitioner approximately different plausible cures- in spite of everything its their accountability to make you sense greater effective.
- 8 years ago
It takes about a good two months to work in my opinion
Source(s): Personal experience