Comments on: Do kids really need Zoloft for anxiety? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html/comment-page-1#comment-87936 Anonymous Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html#comment-87936 Zoloft was very helpful to my teen aged son.<br/>He wasn't anxious, he was angry. <br/><br/>It cheered him up for a few months while we attempted to drag him off to therapy, which he did his best to avoid. <br/><br/>It's hard to say if it was the drug or the threat of therapy, or maybe just getting to 15 from 14, but he got better. Zoloft was very helpful to my teen aged son.
He wasn’t anxious, he was angry.

It cheered him up for a few months while we attempted to drag him off to therapy, which he did his best to avoid.

It’s hard to say if it was the drug or the threat of therapy, or maybe just getting to 15 from 14, but he got better.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html/comment-page-1#comment-87933 Anonymous Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html#comment-87933 Hm... Maybe because medicines have side effects and the incidence of those are much higher than the risk of being in a crash? Or maybe because being anxious is normal for many kids? Oh maybe in some cases being anxious is actually good as it makes you to do stuff like study harder so that you are less anxious before exams?<br/><br/><i>And Zoloft does not kill 30,000 people as cars do.</i><br/>Are as many people taking Zoloft as using cars? Shouldn't you compare percentages? Also, are all potential side effects of long-term use of Zoloft in kids known? Hm… Maybe because medicines have side effects and the incidence of those are much higher than the risk of being in a crash? Or maybe because being anxious is normal for many kids? Oh maybe in some cases being anxious is actually good as it makes you to do stuff like study harder so that you are less anxious before exams?

And Zoloft does not kill 30,000 people as cars do.
Are as many people taking Zoloft as using cars? Shouldn’t you compare percentages? Also, are all potential side effects of long-term use of Zoloft in kids known?

]]> By: Supremacy Claus http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html/comment-page-1#comment-87925 Supremacy Claus Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/do-kids-really-need-zoloft-for-anxiety.html#comment-87925 Kevin: I want the quick fix of going to Ohio by train, car or plane. Sure, the natural way would be to walk the 1000 miles through bear country, but I prefer the quick fix for my travel needs. And Zoloft does not kill 30,000 people as cars do. <br/><br/>How are meds different from any other tool? Kevin: I want the quick fix of going to Ohio by train, car or plane. Sure, the natural way would be to walk the 1000 miles through bear country, but I prefer the quick fix for my travel needs. And Zoloft does not kill 30,000 people as cars do.

How are meds different from any other tool?

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