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[quote=Anonymous]First of all get him on meds ASAP.  The black box warnings are very dangerous, in my opinion, because they deter parents from getting necessary medical help for their children.  Suicide rates have gone up since the black box warnings were put on SSRIs.  Yes, keep in eye on him until he is better and know it sometimes take time to find the right medication and dose, but it sounds like you really, really need to get on this.

Does the psychiatrist know he has expressed suicidal ideation?  if not, make that call today.  Yes, kids aren't always serious but you shouldn't be trying to figure that out yourself, you should be allowing a professional to do that.  All talk of suicide by kids must be taken seriously.

Finally, the school has to ease up.  Once his mental health stabilizes you can attend to school demands, but for now you need to let deadlines and pressures go.  Tell his teacher he is in crisis and for mental health reasons will have to have relaxed demands.  I don't know how this works in public schools but for my DC in private the school worked out an individual test and deadline schedule and excused some things.  It helped enormously. [/quote]

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