Comments: An Interesting OCD Study
My daughter was dx OCD in 1999 and placed on Luvox, then Zoloft. At age 13, she was on 150mg per day of Zoloft. FDA guidelines are 200 mg per day.
No psychiatrist ever suggested CBT (cognitive behav.therapy) as the least invasive form of therapy.
Psychiatrists then and now are happy to write rx for patients as young as 4 yrs old, this verified by myself as a parent inside the psych wards since 1999.
These children are the future.
When one fights a battle, let the grounds be based on our own struggles to prevent painful outcomes for the next generation.
This, should be all of our goals.
These faces, the young children.
Blaze a good trail for them, they need us to do that for them.
If anyone is interested in this study:
Be assured, that I have made a phone call to the University, and they assure me, that no child will suffer at the expense of this important trial.
As many of you know, my daughter has been through a lot.
What the next generation deserves:
CBT vs. Medications.
This study is attempting to prove it.
~ Stephany,
Peace.
Posted by Stephany at October 24, 2006 06:34 PM
Side note:
The study will be using Zoloft in this trial, per the FDA guidelines of 200mg per day.
My daughter at age 11 was on 150mg per day and was hospitalized during the withdrawal period, and was out of her mind before the drug was removed.
The reason I called the research team, was to alert them of what happened to my daughter and question why they would medicate children so young; and I was told it is to prove CBT is superior, as a Gold Standard treatment for OCD.
The team assured me they do not want another child to go through what my daughter did.
I trust they will place all safeguards they can in place to watch these children in the study.
It causes a great amount of grief for me to imagine any child suffering like my daughter did on Zoloft. Zoloft hands down, was worse than Zyprexa for her, and that's a hard stat to beat.
Posted by Stephany at October 25, 2006 09:11 AM