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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:32, what type of treatment was successful for your daughter? We are facing a similar situation with ours, trying cognitive behavioral therapy . . . [/quote]

12:32 here. I would recommend trying the following things in order:

1) Sleep - Get lots of sleep! She would have a hard time getting to sleep some nights which over time, impacted her mood. We used melatonin to help her sleep some nights.
2) Exercise - Our daughter was active in some sports and played outside, but anything extra you can do helps. For example, we ended up purchasing both a Wii and xbox and only bought the games that required them to be standing up and active. Sounds odd to buy a video game to do this, but she would get a good 20-60 minutes of fairly heavy exercise from some of these games (e.g., dancing games, Wii fit, even yoga). This helped out a lot! 
3) Diet - Cut down on sugar, avoid foods with certain type of food coloring found to impact mood, etc...natural whole foods helped. We tried supplements as well (e.g, Omega-3)
4) Therapy - The above items helped, but didn't solve the problem so we tried out therapy. Worked OK, but it's difficult for a young child to use some of the techniques they try to teach.
5) Medication - After several months of trying the above, we finally decided that medication was the last option. She was on an extremely low dose of Prozac and the change was immediate (i.e., next day was 100% better). Anxiety decreased and her depression was gone. This in turn improved her self esteem and her whole quality of life improved. I never even imagined of a kid on Prozac before...you have to go what we went through to realize the benefits of a happy life outweight the sad/miserable feelings she had.

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