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[quote=Anonymous]The big glaring problem here is that you aren't communicating with her mother.  Unless the court ordered you to have sole custody with respect to medical decisions, you cannot do this on your own.  For all you know this was actually prescribed for her under her mother's watch and you weren't told (which is a problem, but a different problem).  Whose name was on the bottle?  if it was hers, then thats a more likely scenario.  if it was another child's, that parent needs to know because their child isn't taking her meds.

In any case, you cannot do a thing about this without her mother unless you have legal authority.  Even then, if she is in her mother's care part time, you two need to be communicating.  Why are you talking to your mother instead of her mother?

Zoloft is not a drug that can be really abused.  It has to build up in the bloodstream to be effective.  It sounds like your daughter is depressed and is doing what she can.  If these drugs weren't prescribed to her, she needs to see a psychiatrist and do it right.  The fact that she is trying to get help, however misguided her actual moves, is a really good sign that she is taking care of herself.  She just needs help to get the right help.

Don't give her the choice to see a doctor.  She needs to go.  And she should not have to talk to you about how she is feeling -- she should talk to a professional.

But you need all the facts first.
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