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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for all of the support.  I think I intuitively know it will be ok.  I just want her to have choices.  I already know top, super competitive college aren't her speed.  She's not a competitive person and would be too stressed.

I also just wonder why some things are so hard for her.  I had a 4.0 (no weighting) in HS so we are different people and I struggle to understand how she operates.  I get it that she can't be perfect and that's ok.  It just makes me sad to watch her struggle with it (she is a perfectionist and it kills her so her response is to not care-- very complicated).[/quote]

OP, are you sure her depression is adequately addressed? There are many levels of feeling "better," including many that are not all that great. Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether something is personality or untreated or inadequately treated illness. Just a thought.[/quote]

She is in therapy with a therapist she loves.  She takes BC pills for PMDD, which has been helping. She and the therapist are talking about whether she needs anti-depressants (our pediatrician thinks she probably doesn't but is open to a psych referral if she wants them).  She is soooooo much better than last year. I've seen huge improvements.  You might be right, though, that she is still further away form where she needs to be than we realize.  It's a good thing to think about.  We talk a lot about how she is feeling and where she feels she is with the depression, so it's helpful that she is open and willing to discuss it.  She is very self-reflective and self-aware.[/quote]

The elephant in all our homes, social media.  Any chance she is being sucked down by this?  More and more evidence that existence of social media has made a statistically massive downturn in teen mental health.

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