My daughter is 14 and was prescribed zoloft for anxiety and post tramatic stress disorder?

I have a 12-year-old daughter. She has been bullied a lot in her other school which led to her depression, anxiety and sight suicidal thoughts. Her psychiatrist recommended that she take escitalopram 10mg every night, and I found out that she has Autism spectrum disorder. I told her psychiatrist and she also recommended Zoloft. I don't want to make the situation worse. Thank you.

Hi I do not recommend this drug. My son 15 was taking it for depression and it made him angry, racing thoughts, etc. Not himself at all. I noticed it made him anxious. I mentioned this to doctor and she did not change his med. I finally slowly began to wean him off. I noticed when he skipped a dose he was better. He was on 50mg and then 25. I did not like this drug. He was having issues at school with teasing and now he’s doing better. He was on this med for 5 months.

My daughter has taken 25mg sertraline for about three months and all of a sudden she is severely allergic to animals. I don't mean the sniffles. She gets a severe reaction. Until last October we lived with cats and dogs inside the home since she was born. She's never had allergies before. About two weeks ago she started showing symptoms and now she has allergic reactions to any animal even after taking Flonase.
The only one thing different in her life is taking sertraline. im very concerned and she is very upset because she loves animals.

I hear what your saying and have the same question except my daughter is only 6 yrs old on Zoloft 25mg once a day and told she has" Anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder and oppositional defiant disorder". She was taken concerta, but now on Adderall, Zoloft 25mg. .

Sertraline may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
•nausea
•diarrhea
•constipation
•vomiting
•dry mouth
•gas or bloating
•loss of appetite
•weight changes
•drowsiness
•dizziness
•excessive tiredness
•headache
•pain, burning, or tingling in the hands or feet
•nervousness
•uncontrollable shaking of a part of the body
•sore throat
•changes in sex drive or ability
•excessive sweating

Good luck

Please with extreme past extreme experience make sure you have specialist in adolescent psyche. Rule out behavioral attention seeking behavior. friends maipulation, Please do not say not my daughter. Number one the cons out way benefits because of documented suicide rates

I am 14 years old and I am taking it for my severe depression with the loss of both of my parents. Make sure she eats something, I didnt and I felt really dizzy and sick to my stomach, but besides that make sure she isn't suicidal, more than usual if she already is, that is what my aunt and uncle and phsychiatrist are looking for signs for me, but she should be fine on it.

i took zoloft for many a year with no side effects. but i was an adult of 35-40 and i have always taken ativan for my panic disorder sometimes i only need small doses and then other times larger ones. although my depression med's change my ativan never dose's best of luck with your child. missy2

I took Zoloft the first time I found out I had depression. The doctor gave me ambien to help me sleep. I was having problems before the Zoloft. But when I took Zoloft I could not sleep. Even if I took a ambien. I would be up for days. One night I wanted to get some sleep so bad. I took 3 ambien and I still didn't fall asleep. Thats when I went off of Zoloft. I started sleeping again once I stopped taking it. But now they think I am also suffering from PTSD. I got Spinal Bacteria Meningitis when I got a epidural while in labor with my now 2 year old son. When they finally discovered I had it. They said if I had waited one more day I would have been dead. But every year around that date something happens with my body. The first year my anxiety came back 10x worse. This year the day before my son's 2nd birthday I had a seizure. So its like my body remembers that date and time frame. So they said I am suffering from PTSD. I hope it goes away. Because I cannot handle something happening every year with me and my body.

A very close friend of mins son suffered from anxiety and depression. He could barely fo to school and worried about everything but held it in He was prescribed Zoloft at age 11. He did very well with. And feels like a 15year old should feel like. The zoloft took away all that baggage he was carrying around with him. Good Luck and God Bless. Being a Mom is hard job and it is refreshing to know that some parents really want to understand their child's isues instead of just pushing them under the run can hope that it is just the age. I hope this helps Barb

I had a friend whose son was started on Zoloft at age 10 and it worked very well for him. Good luck and God Bless. I know it must be hard seeing your daughter struggle with anxiety and PTD.

I have no experience with this drug myself, I take other drugs for my PTSD, anxiety, and depression! I just wanted to comment that the anger issues, if any, should be addressed, they can only get worse as kids grow into adults and hormones really kick in. I am dealing with some anger management issues at 45, that I wish my parents had dealt with when I was younger ( they refused medications for me), some kids need to have the medication options available to them under the close watch and monitor of doctors and parents! Good luck and document those side effects to discuss with the doctor.

i am personaly on this (200 mg, supposed to be max dose but can go higher) and i have 0 side effects and it cleared up my depression very well. however it didnt help my anxiety at all so now im trying to ease that my self. with a 14 year old you need to watch them closely. hormonal spikes are very common at this age and thats why there is an increased risk of suicidal thoughts/behaviors.