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[quote=Anonymous]I think you should offer to take her to a doctor who will give her a legitimate prescription. You should be able to do this through your pediatrician. Sometimes people don't seek help because seeing a psychiatrist or therapist "feels" like a bigger barrier, there may be trust issues or they know they feel off or bad but don't think its that bad. Even kids feel a stigma about mental health issues. You should make it easy for her to deal with this and reinforce that this is common but she needs to get the prescription from a doctor not the street.

The fact that she took it from her friends is telling that she feels enough of a level of depression to talk with her friends, her friends to recommend it and for her to give it a try. Its very common for high school students to experience depression. There have been recent studies linking the early school start times and lack of sleep as increasing the numbers beyond what was previously thought existed. Large schools make it difficult for kids to get the attention they need. Social media exaggerates the affects of teen drama and sometimes bullying. Mild teen depression is much, much more prevalent now than when we were kids. SSRIs don't have been to taken forever but they can help in these situations. [/quote]

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