Thursday March 24, 2022 | Selective Mutism and Medication

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"Medication may or may not be needed. If medication is prescribed, it should be used in combination with a multimodal, team treatment approach as described herein. Medication is not a “quick fix” or “cure-all” for SM or anxiety. Medication is used to lower anxiety enough to allow the child to participate in the treatment process and to treat co-morbid depression which is common in older children and adolescents. Antidepressant medications such as Prozac and Paxil have been used in the treatment of SM but are not sufficient to treat SM when used alone. When medication is used, dosages should start very low and increases should be made very gradually and only when monitored regularly by the prescribing physician. Side effects should also be closely monitored when a child is using medication. Any behavior or mood changes or other new symptoms should be reported to the prescribing physician."

The link I found this at was:  https://www.selectivemutism.org/treatment-statement/

In my case, I would need to stay on medication for as long as I have SM.  This is not my fault!  I was told at three years old to point to something and they would get it for me? Really? You never tell a child that! And especially if they were supposed to have started talking at say what 1 or 2 years old?  When was I taught to speak?  What were my first words? Do you remember?  I want to know these things.  

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