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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Started seeing therapist in Feb so I feel like it’s a little early to be having this conversation but she feels that she is getting worse. Therapist has brought it up and she is considering it. She feels her anxiety is so bad that it is debilitating her. She is going to a great college int the fall and to the outside world her life is great but I know she struggles. Some things she mentions also seem normal to me so I find it confusing. This year has been hard for her but will it get better without the medication is what I am wondering. I worry that this will be something that she might feel the need to take all her life. If that’s what she needs then I am okay with it but am wondering if she should be trying other things too. All her friends go to therapists and are on medication so this is totally normal for her. But I would like to have a more wholistic approach. Medication plus CBT etc etc.
Any light you shine on this willl be helpful. How did it go with your teen? Did medication help? Do you think the therapist is jumping into this too quickly? I asked her if she tried CBT and she says she doesn’t know and that the therapist doesn’t label things.
I intend to speak with the therapist soon. What kind of questions should I ask her? [/quote]

My oldest son is 23 and was over for dinner complaining about how all the women he knows and dates are all on mental health drugs. [b]He says they are all nuts, clinically nuts [/b]and doesn't understand why they are all drugged up, like it's a trend.

From what I see this is just how they cope with life. Whatever we are doing as a culture and society is creating a generation of people unable to cope.

Flame away, but this is just what I'm hearing.[/quote]

DP I find it sad that you and your son are so uneducated about mental issues that you label people "nuts" when they seek medical help.  If they had diabetes like the pp above said would you label them "unable to cope with life?"  First, mental problems should not be seen as shameful.  The brain is part of the body just like anything else and you should want people to be want to seek medical help.

Also, are you living in a cave?  Being a women and girl is very difficult and if you son was treated like a second class citizen on everything I'd like to see how he feels.  I have to admit I thought our society would have been more advanced by now but, I suppose I should have realized that white men aren't wanting to share power, wealth and privilege without a fight.

Lastly, I am sure you son isn't perfect so he shouldn't act all superior.  He lacks empathy for one![/quote]

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