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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, sorry to hear the news and sorry about all of the bizarre comments. My advice is time off for daughter. Can she defwr a semester or year? If so, do it. Take the summer and unwind her coil and get her breathing again.  Don't use meds for a substitute for the unwinding coil and time off, you still need the unwind.  Go for a nice walk every morning, esp this summer. Kids nerves get fried and so does the adrenals and thyroid--->> so you must get a thyroid panel blood test.  In other words, parts of the birnout can be physical.  Go get a good physical and check it out.  I bet she's overworked and needs to recover.
Signed,
Been there/done that [/quote]
Good advice. 
Meds are risks business, so should be only a last resort.[/quote]

What is wrong with you? If the child had cancer, you wouldn't regard chemo as a "last resort."

Don't be such a bloody idiot. This attitude is what's wrong with this country and how we regard mental illness. Medication to treat mental illness is NOT risky and NOT a last resort. On the contrary, AVOIDING them can do lifelong harm to people.

Jesus. Get a clue.[/quote]

I agree completely.  My son was diagnosed with depression last year, something that runs in my family.  I only wish I had started medication for myself earlier, instead of slogging through years of depression.  He was immediately put on an antidepressant.  I'm not about to wring my hands wondering if he should be "medicated."  If he was diabetic, we'd give him insulin.  He has a serotonin imbalance, and now it's corrected.   :roll: [/quote]

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