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[quote=Anonymous]My DD tried to kill herself about a month ago.

She had been on Zoloft for about a year, but in the fall, she was having some problems, and the depression (and destructive coping mechanisms) returned.  Starting at winter break, the psychiatrist upped the Zoloft dose from 50 to 100.  When the new year started, she was not argumentative, and was actually moderately pleasant to be around.  But, her edge was gone -- not as much (dark) humor, and no infectious laugh.

Then, after about three weeks, I noticed that her grades were slipping.  I did not know why.  And was this just hard units in a couple of classes?  She started talking about the ability to BS her way through some AP classes.  Once the 3rd q. began, it was clear things were going badly.  She had dropped from mostly A's with one or two B's  to failing a lot of quizzes.

Then, one Saturday,  I heard this god-awful noise.  I went up stairs, and discovered her on the floor of her closet.  The rod was down; she had tried to hang herself.  Fortunately, I did a really poor job of installing the rod. Oh, it turns out she was also cutting.

At the hospital, they quickly got her stabilized on a much lower dose of the SSRI (25) and added another med. With that, within a couple of days, my DD was back -- she is anxious about her slump -- she wants to go to a good (but not great) college.  Her grades are rebounding.   The Guidance Counselor has arranged for the teachers to throw out the three - 4 weeks proving she rebounds (no long term consequences).

But, I can not get over the the fact that I missed it.  She seemed to be doing better -- less anxiety.

She is currently in an intensive outpatient program after school to learn better coping skills.

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