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Medication for 13 year old - your experiences please

Dizzy

Hi, my 13 year old daughter has a psychiatric appointment on Friday to discuss possible medication. She is highly anxious, specifically in school, to the point that she hallucinates because of the anxiety and is currently at the point where she hasn't been able to attend school for the last few weeks and when she does go in, she comes home after an hour or so. She is not depressed, other than when she thinks about having to attend school, and has a recent ASC diagnosis. 

A friend suggested Propranolol as a good way of managing anxiety but apparently when our GP (who was happy to prescribe this with the permission of CYPMHS) spoke to the psychiatrist about it, he said it wouldn't be suitable. He wants to discuss Sertraline or Fluoxetine, along with possibly Melatonin or Promethazine for sleep. I am nervous about things like Sertraline, so wondered if anyone could tell me about their experiences of any meds that have helped with anxiety (or any that have caused problems)? 

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  • Dizzy,

    I've been on medication for nearly 30 years, not because of Autism but my epilepsy. Melatonin has the side effect of anxiety as do many other medications, make sure to ask your GP to check side effects before prescribing anything.

    When consuming multiple medications they sometimes have to be taken at separate times, when I consumed Melotonin with my epilepsy medication the effects of the medications interfered with each other. So ask them what to expect, if something else happens after consumption it may be interference between the medications.

    Mindfulness, staying anchored in the moment is a great help for anxiety, anxiety cannot occur while in pure awareness. You could look up or ask for some mindfulness exercises, anxiety is an outcome of predictions, while in the moment we don't make predictions.

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  • Dizzy,

    I've been on medication for nearly 30 years, not because of Autism but my epilepsy. Melatonin has the side effect of anxiety as do many other medications, make sure to ask your GP to check side effects before prescribing anything.

    When consuming multiple medications they sometimes have to be taken at separate times, when I consumed Melotonin with my epilepsy medication the effects of the medications interfered with each other. So ask them what to expect, if something else happens after consumption it may be interference between the medications.

    Mindfulness, staying anchored in the moment is a great help for anxiety, anxiety cannot occur while in pure awareness. You could look up or ask for some mindfulness exercises, anxiety is an outcome of predictions, while in the moment we don't make predictions.

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