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[quote=Anonymous]My parents had similar beliefs about psychiatric medications and refused to consider "drugging" my depressed teenage brother.

So he started self-medicating. Alcohol, pot, cocaine, prescription painkillers, pretty much anything he could get his hands on. For all my parents' worries about the effect of anti-depressants on his brain chemistry, what effect do you think THOSE had? The irony is sickening. He's a young adult now and has managed to quit the hard stuff (he went on psych meds as soon as he turned 18 and they couldn't have any say in it) but he still drinks like a fish.

And he harbors enormous resentment toward my parents for not getting him proper treatment. He's moved thousands of miles away and has as little to do with them as possible.

They thought they knew what he needed. They were terribly mistaken. That he made it to 25 without killing himself is almost pure luck. Please don't make the mistake of thinking that you know exactly what your son needs, what he will do, what he's thinking. If he's 17, I guarantee you don't. Get him help right now before he digs himself a hole he can't get out of. [/quote]

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