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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son was on a similar track around age 11. Looking back, we didn't take it seriously enough and relied on talk therapy, school adjustments and just trying to work through it. At age 16 he landed in residential treatment and we couldn't communicate with him for a month that included Christmas. Ugh.

Eventually, he got the drugs that really helped (mostly Bupropion) and a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) at Newport Academy. It was not the teenage years we imagined but he's alive, will graduate from high school and spends time with his friends. It's a win.

Our regret was not going after his problems aggressively enough at the start.

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NP. I'm so sorry you got stuck on talk therapy and no one helped you and your son progress to meds quickly.  I think there is so much stigma around medication, and so many parents believe "We have to try everything before we try meds."  In actuality, I think it's important parents are aware that they should sometimes think in reverse, especially when the behavior is dangerous or having a very negative impact, i.e. "meds first" or "meds quickly" may allow a kid to improve enough that they can actually take advantage of talk therapy and school adjustments, etc.  Some kids need to stay on meds, but other kids may use medication for awhile until they learn to manage their feelings in other ways.

I say that because my kid went on an anti-depressant in HS.   Probably, he should have been on it in MS.  He went off of it in college.  He had some trouble academically and feeling depressed but he was able to work through it without going back on meds (even though I encouraged him to consider it).   I think parents should not be so reluctant to try medication -- and that might include trying several different kinds of medication until the right one is found.

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