Daughter wont take anti depressants?!
Question: My daughter was prescribed anti depressants last year for depression and anxiety.
She decided she didnt need them anymore so she stopped taking them.
She is 17 and she really does need them. She is depressed all of the time and has no friends.
Should i just let her do what she wants to and not make her take the pills if she doesnt want to?
Answers: My daughter was prescribed anti depressants last year for depression and anxiety.
She decided she didnt need them anymore so she stopped taking them.
She is 17 and she really does need them. She is depressed all of the time and has no friends.
Should i just let her do what she wants to and not make her take the pills if she doesnt want to?
I was prescribed Anti - Depressants back in third grade and stopped taking them in about 7th grade.
I'm now in 9th grade and still do not take them. I know I need them but I like to think I can handle my depression by myself, even though I can't. I'm sure that is what your daughter feels too.
If she doesn't want to take them, you shouldn't force her. Just know that one day, it will most likely come to a point where her depression gets so bad that she'll realize for herself, she needs them.
Let her know that it's her choice, especially since she'll be 18 soon. And that they will really help her but if she still does not want them, don't make her. Just encourage her to.
Good luck!
Let her do what she wants.
Most anti depressants are bull sh1t anyways, they cover up whats going on inside of you, never fix it.
I think you should make her take them.
Depression may really hurt her and I'm sure you dont want that to happen,
Hopefully its just a teen thing and will pass. If it gets too bad get her help your the parent she needs you. I was depressed teen and it got better for me once I was a adult. It also seems to be reaccurring throughout a persons life especially as they get older or have familys and children of there own.
Sorry , but I'm far from thinking KIDS should be prescribed this type of medication, due the the recent outbreak of national violence we have seen and endured due to the so called experts prescribing this horrible medicine to KIDS!..
the problem is that you won't be around her all day to make sure that she is taking them as prescribed-
if she is in danger in any way to herself or others - you may be able to have her committed- otherwise it will be hard to get her to take meds if she doesn't want to
a person is able to refuse treatment in hospital in Canada and then they are sent home - even if suicidal
my friend takes antildeppressents and she is 13. well she has tried to kill herself so the anti-deppressions are nessary but they also make her hyper. She is really weird b/c she is hyper all the time. Myabe thats why your daughter doesn't want to take them. But the best thing you could do is let her know you are their for her and spend time with her. Teenagers love their parents more than anythiing even if they don't show it.
She needs therapy desperately.If she needs to talk have her talk with me a bit. I'm a disabled vet but always dealt with depression even in high school so i know what shes going through. Plus, I was studying psychology to work with our vets with PTSD and depression who are coming home from Iraq/Afghan.. Sometimes depression isn't from a chemical imbalance it's a social thing. Just nothing ever seems to right and u just never fit in anywhere. anxiety makes it ten times worse. The best thing u can do is LISTEN to her about anything and not judge her. If she feels judged she won't ever open up to you.
I think you should take her to see a counselor fast.
The pills can help her ,but she needs to understand why she needs to take them and want to get better.
I would be worried about suicide and would get her to see a counselor who can help you with this.
I have heard that antidepressants have sometimes caused kids to become suicidal and I would discuss this with the doctor.
Maybe she needs something different? When I was 15 my mom put me on them and I was taking them until I did'nt feel any different after a month or two and decided it was stupid and did'nt work anyways maybe this is the same situation for her? be careful because sometimes anti- depressents can cause suicide in people under 18 so you might want to take her off of them and let nature take its corse she might be having trouble at school or with a boy and maybe wants to keep it to herself? Remember when you were younger you had times you hated life and were depressed about a boy or friends it is normal sometimes just give her a cople months or so and just talk to her maybe it will pass? She is probably not telling you what is really going on or maybe she is doing drugs, pot causes depression that was a big problem for me when i was younger? Not sure just trying to help besides the other idiots awnsers sucked so just tryin to be serious help for you.
Well, one thing she's my age. No point there, but she should be taking them. She has to be sociable. Take her to parties. Groups that involve many teens her age. Talk to her. My mom is like one of my friends. Don't stop her, make her take the anti-depreesnt pills. Spend time with her, don't give up. That should help.
Talk to the doctor. . My son was prescribed an antidepressant about that age and after a brief period on the drug, refused to take it, too, because of the side effects of the drug. He said it slowed his thinking process so much that it was difficult to solve homework problems. He needed to be able to think clearly and quickly in order to finish his daily his coursework. While working on math problems, he would play heavy metal music so he could concentrate, he said. (He also likes classical and other kinds of music now) Quite by accident, he discovered that vigorous physical activity (martial arts, running, weight lifting, etc) medicated away some of the psychic pain because it stimulated a certain homone in the body. Even though she has no friends now, she will most likely have them later but until things get back back on track with her, I would suggest someone at home be always available (whenever and where ever necessary) to talk with her. Sometimes I would talk to him for hours, I love my children more than life itself and would do anything I can for them -- several times I remember going in to work, sitting at the desk like a Zombie. At the time, mental health care offered under our coverage was minimal. Yes, the doctor told me that he was "beating me up." I have no regrets. He's OK now, a working professional, living alone, able to make and keep friends and is very aware of a lot of things about himself and others. We still communicate from time to time.
Cerealki, above, speaks of the situation eloquently.
From my experience, part of the problem when people are placed on the drugs, because of the cost of care they don't get the level of counseling that should go along with the regimen.
I think there are a number of issues here. On the one hand, depression is serious and undermines people's lives. She's at a key point (I assume) in high school and needs to be focused enough to do well. And some of the medical research on depression medication suggests that if you keep going on and off, the episodes become more acute.
On the other hand, some other recent studies that antidepressants are effective only in the most severely depressed people.
And nearly everyone agrees that therapy is critical--perhaps as critical as medication.
Finally, your daughter will soon be 18, when she will be able to decide for herself whether to take them or not.
I would suggest that you talk with her therapist or psychiatrist while you still have the legal right to, and develop a strategy with that person. It might be that insisting on therapy would be the better route, with the goal of enabling her to make a good decision on medication for herself.
Meanwhile, try to help her eat and sleep on schedule, as this can help as well.
Here is what you do!
Kids don't wanna do anything unless it involves booze. "Accidentally" leave some booze out before going out for a night, but put the anti-depressants in the booze!
She is guaranteed to ingest them this way. Plus, booze + pills makes medicine work better every time!
She really does not need them, and get her off them. Those doctors are mad and you also are not aware. Go to fhu.com and research this topic on there.
Stop subjecting your daugher to this abuse, with all due respect.
try get her a boy friend