Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:37pm.
My 9 year old son has ADHD and although I was against putting him on medication I finally had to because his grades and his behavior were getting out of hand. He was started on Adderall XR 10 mg and that has made such a huge difference in him. He went from being a straight C student to making mostly A's! Then he became really depressed and anxious and was crying all the time. I had him seeing a counselor and despite months of seeing his counselor he was still crying a lot, etc. so I decided to put him on a low dose of Prozac 10 mg. He has been on it for about 2 months now and the first thing was it made him sleepy. He actually fell asleep in class! I started giving it to him at night but then he started having eye tics. Now they are terrible! It has gotten so bad that the kids and other people are noticing and telling him about it which is making him feel bad. For some reason the a couple of days ago it dawned on me (duh) that maybe it was not the ADHD medication (as his doctor had thought) but the Prozac so I started researching it. Thank God I found this page because in addition to other things I have read this has clarified so much for me. I am no longer going to give him the Prozac and see what that does. I feel so terrible because sometimes the tics are so bad he keeps his eyes closed for a few seconds. I feel like such a horrible parent. Thanks to this website!!
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My 9 year old son has ADHD and although I was against putting him on medication I finally had to because his grades and his behavior were getting out of hand. He was started on Adderall XR 10 mg and that has made such a huge difference in him. He went from being a straight C student to making mostly A's! Then he became really depressed and anxious and was crying all the time. I had him seeing a counselor and despite months of seeing his counselor he was still crying a lot, etc. so I decided to put him on a low dose of Prozac 10 mg. He has been on it for about 2 months now and the first thing was it made him sleepy. He actually fell asleep in class! I started giving it to him at night but then he started having eye tics. Now they are terrible! It has gotten so bad that the kids and other people are noticing and telling him about it which is making him feel bad. For some reason the a couple of days ago it dawned on me (duh) that maybe it was not the ADHD medication (as his doctor had thought) but the Prozac so I started researching it. Thank God I found this page because in addition to other things I have read this has clarified so much for me. I am no longer going to give him the Prozac and see what that does. I feel so terrible because sometimes the tics are so bad he keeps his eyes closed for a few seconds. I feel like such a horrible parent. Thanks to this website!!