Psych. drugs/

[Phasmid]

I don't know about general, across the board failure of these with kids having PANDAS. My son did take 25-50 mg. of Zoloft for a while. It DID help his anxiety and it MAY have helped him focus long enough to do homework, but it never was a total "fix." It may have even helped him stop pulling his lashes/brows for a while. But, AS SOON AS HE WENT OFF the meds, all came back with vengeance. In addition, it had a negative effect in that it caused significant disinhibition! He was always in trouble at school, in trouble with friends, in trouble at home, because it caused him to act impulsively and without regard for consequence. He would say or do anything. I finally had to stop giving it.

Edited January 27, 2011 by Phasmid

[MomWithOCDSon]

BUT - and this is the value of this forum - he might

have started an antibiotic at the same time he started the Prozac. It was all around the same time that we got in to see a PANDAS knowledgeable psych who also prescribed augmentin - I think, yep, wife just confirmed. Prozac and augmentin started same time. Hmmmm

 

Hmmmm indeed! May I ask, what dose of Augmentin was your DS given and for how long? And was it the regular Augmentin or XR?

 

Augmentin and a low dose SSRI seems to be our "magic combo," also, if there is one.

[Bill]

BUT - and this is the value of this forum - he might

have started an antibiotic at the same time he started the Prozac. It was all around the same time that we got in to see a PANDAS knowledgeable psych who also prescribed augmentin - I think, yep, wife just confirmed. Prozac and augmentin started same time. Hmmmm

 

Hmmmm indeed! May I ask, what dose of Augmentin was your DS given and for how long? And was it the regular Augmentin or XR?

 

Augmentin and a low dose SSRI seems to be our "magic combo," also, if there is one.

 

 

This was 1 1/2 years ago when we first started the PANDAS journey and I was not keeping records. I'm pretty sure on augmentin though not precisely when we started it nor the amount. I do not believe that it was XR and am pretty sure it was minimal dose just because the psychiatrist could prescribe it and knew it would help to prevent further/future infections. Our next appointment is February 7th. I'll ask her then.