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[quote=Anonymous]Second (third? fourth?) the recommendation that he get a job. My son was diagnosed with severe depression at age 15, was self-medicating, and the grades were going down. He agreed to therapy and meds -- he doesn't like the meds or think they do much good (and we've tried several). But after two tries we found a therapist he loves and has really bonded with. So be prepared to shop around for therapists.

He also found a challenging after-shool job in a field he's passionate about (sorry, I don't want to name it). DC's been working there for nearly a year and I can't express how good it's been for him.

If I had to find the common thread between the therapist and the job, it would be that these introduced him to adults who aren't us, but who tell him, with humor but seriously, to toe the line. This is the real world! Also, I think we lucked out in that both adults (the therapist and his coworkers at the after-school job) are role models.

I've heard other stories, from friends, about kids who took a year off, realized that without a college degree they'd be stuck clerking at Walmart, and pretty soon begged their parents for college. [/quote]

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