I think I might need anti-depressants?!
Question: I think I might need anti-depressants!?
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I am 16 years old and have been feeling very depressed for many years now!. I was diagnosed with depression 2 years ago!. I have been seeing a counsellor but that really isn't helping!.!.!. When I am home, I feel depressed again!. I have even started cutting myself!. I am 16 and feel I have exhausted every method!. Am I too young for Anti-Depressants!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am 16 years old and have been feeling very depressed for many years now!. I was diagnosed with depression 2 years ago!. I have been seeing a counsellor but that really isn't helping!.!.!. When I am home, I feel depressed again!. I have even started cutting myself!. I am 16 and feel I have exhausted every method!. Am I too young for Anti-Depressants!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
If you are a cutter PLEASE get help and on some anti-depressants ASAP!. You aren't too young to be having health problems so of course you aren't too young for treatment!. Depression isn't only about the mind but the body as well!. There is no embarrassment in asking for and getting help!.
If you need to talk to someone please email me at: annalyzedgourds@yahoo!.com
I know it isn't smart to give my email addy here but I think you need and deserve all the help you can get!. I am a mother of 3 and a juvenile probation officer and work with troubled teens!. I help kids like you on a daily basis!.
Stay strong and remember nothing and I mean nothing lasts forever!. Ask until you receive anti-depressants!.
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If you need to talk to someone please email me at: annalyzedgourds@yahoo!.com
I know it isn't smart to give my email addy here but I think you need and deserve all the help you can get!. I am a mother of 3 and a juvenile probation officer and work with troubled teens!. I help kids like you on a daily basis!.
Stay strong and remember nothing and I mean nothing lasts forever!. Ask until you receive anti-depressants!.
((((((((hugs)))))))))
AnnWww@Answer-Health@Com
It depends!. How severely are you depressed!? Have you talked with your counselor about it not helping!? More than one type of counseling has been shown to help with depression!. Have you addressed the stressers that might have triggered your depression!.
Because you're cutting yourself, anti-depressants are riskier!. The SSRI group of antidepressants was shown to significantly raise the risk of self-mutilation in minors (over ten years ago), even in patients who were being treated for an anxiety disorder rather than depression!. I haven't seen anything about SNRIs!. Tricyclics probably don't raise the risk of self-injury, but they supposedly don't work for minors!. If you do end up on antidepressants, you need to make this clear to the prescriber, and it's important to see a psychiatrist rather than a general practitioner!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Because you're cutting yourself, anti-depressants are riskier!. The SSRI group of antidepressants was shown to significantly raise the risk of self-mutilation in minors (over ten years ago), even in patients who were being treated for an anxiety disorder rather than depression!. I haven't seen anything about SNRIs!. Tricyclics probably don't raise the risk of self-injury, but they supposedly don't work for minors!. If you do end up on antidepressants, you need to make this clear to the prescriber, and it's important to see a psychiatrist rather than a general practitioner!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I agree that if you are at the point of physically harming yourself, then it is time for medication!. I know of 16 year olds taking anti depressants, so I don't see why your age would prevent you!. You should ask your psycologist this question, because s/he would have better answers!. I wish you the best with your treatment, and if at all possible, please stop cutting yourself!. I know that sounds hard, but you have no idea the damage you are doing to yourself!. Try to channel those thoughts into another activity! Www@Answer-Health@Com
so I also feel depressed, when I do, i listen to music and play video games, they help me do something, it's better then staring in at a wall!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Think twice!. They are poison!.
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