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[quote=Anonymous]DS age 16 seems to have depression that started this year. Says he does not like school, does not talk a lot when at home, uses his phone too much, every few months he sits in a room and cries and says he doesn’t know why he is sad. Then the next day he says he is ok and he grinds through. When we ask him why he feels sad he says it isn’t school, friends, his sport, or relationship issues. He is in a high workload mcps school and does a sport year round that takes 3 hrs a day after school. He says the sport is the only thing that gives him a break, makes him happy and he enjoys the camaraderie of the team. In MS he was happy, got all As, had lots of friends and did not do this. Now he is in 10th, still getting all As but grades going down a bit from 90’s to high 80’s. Does not seem to be doing drugs because he would be worried about his sports performance. Husband’s siblings and their kids (his nieces and nephews) all have a host of mental health issues - ADHD, anxiety, drug and alcohol addiction/abuse, depression and one of his nieces attempted suicide in college. Spouse did not reveal any of this to me until several years into our marriage (unfortunately for me). Clearly DS needs to be evaluated - what are the first steps we should take ? Neuropsych evaluation? Any recommendations for psychiatrists in MoCo that you could recommend ? Will they start him on medication? Not sure where to start or how urgent this is. Any advice welcome - thank you ! [/quote]

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