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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

Help Needed. My 9 year Old child is depressed

Two weeks and he still says the same thing

It has been two weeks my son on Lexapro. Today, I asked him whether he would be able to go to school but he still says he is anxious phobic.

It really irritated me since I know Lexapro as an AD works faster than other SSRIs. He is happy as an angel at home but whenever I talk about school, his face become gloomy.

I had to cancel an interview for a fairly good job because since my son is in this condition, I can not leave my house. The new job was requiring staying away from my house.

I scolded him. Actually what does it mean psychotherapy? It means talking to the patient. I talked and talked and talked to him that he will not be able to overcome his fears if he decides to stay home. He is taking a good medication and all that he needs now is interaction with others so that he can overcome this dreadful phobia gradually if not quickly.

He does not seem to understand what I really mean. I am really tired,
 
I'm not a Dr. however in my personal opinion I don't think giving children anti-depressants is a good idea, unless (and maybe not even so) as a last resort.

Taking a benzo (clonazepam) is not a horrible idea, but I don't believe that will solve the problem. It may help for a while, but with a 9 yr old that will not be a permanent fix.

I would advise trying to get some counseling. A psychiatrists job is to prescribe pills, whereas a therapist is more likely to get involved with insightful discussions. While one way to go is using drugs, I believe, and from my mom being a hospital admin. that drugs are overused today in crazy ammounts. Think, 50 years ago were children any different, did they not have problems, yet they were not prescibed the amounts of drugs they are today. Modern medicine is very quick to prescibe drugs for anything ad everything. I would take this into consideration before you go messing with your childs brain. Although they may be unhappy, since they are under 18 they don't have much of a say in what drugs alter their brain chemistry. So before doing so I would advise non-drugs routes.

My girlfriend had a lot of troubles as a young child and was prescribed tons of drugs, a lot of which did more damage than good. She had a horrible problem coming off of SSRI's.

Also, eccentric I just read your latest post, psychotherapy doesn't mean talk and force facing phobias. Your son may have legitimate fears you cannot possibly understand. If you get frustrated and scold him because you don't understand you will end up causing more damage. You need to understand that fears are often irrational to everyone except, or even including, the person who has them. SSRI's are NOT a fast fix, and having that mindset will not help your son. It sucks that you are tired and don't understsand why he doesn't understand, but you had a child therefore it's your responsibilty to understand his troubles, not make him understand the trouble he's causing.
 
frm what u say, "hes happy as an angel at home" ...."gloomy talking about school"

hes prob not even depressed, he could just be getting fucked with mad hard at school

u need to teach him social skills to get along wit it

if u keep gloomin on ur own past and depression, of course your kid will have depression.

i know its hard to be up beat when ur depressed, but try. ..dont talk negativily, talk positivly
 
That's kinda fucked up giving a 9 year old benzos.......and I am pretty sure that most anti-depressants state that they are not for children under 18 years of age.....
 
BIGsherm7272 said:
That's kinda fucked up giving a 9 year old benzos.......and I am pretty sure that most anti-depressants state that they are not for children under 18 years of age.....
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i agree. There not even nearly fully developed..i can just imagine the side effects. I would start with some counseling and then maybe see a psychiatrist...has been helping with my depression.
 
BIGsherm7272 said:
That's kinda fucked up giving a 9 year old benzos.......and I am pretty sure that most anti-depressants state that they are not for children under 18 years of age.....
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My little brother ws given benzo's once, but low dose only for a few days to overcome anxiety with his other medication, while they were testing out different meds.

However benzos vs ssri's, lesser of two evils. SSRI's should never be used for children, much worse than benzos
 
OP are you sure your child isn't being bullied or being mocked by his peers?
 
exactly^^^^^^^^^^^...if hes happy at home than whats the problem

duh, theres a problem OUTSIDE the house, not INSIDE his brain...

teach the lil nigga some boxin moves and he be ite
 
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh this is sooooo annoying, listen NO KID WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL, and just about ANY kid will act depressed and tgloomy if they think they can get away with it and get out of going, but MOST PARENTS won't fall for it, the kid goes, gets use to it and life goes on. the Kid doesn't have that many responsibilities, listen to your parents, stay out of trouble, and go to school, dont' let him weasel his way out of one in three.

and to the dude earlier that said kids were treated like animals, and their are more intelligent ways, well...... are they really more intelligent if they are less effective? todays kids are the laziest they've ever been and the most morally repugnant ever in history, sometimes you gotta treat them like animals, if thats what their behavior calls for, yeah there was no problem cause if there was they'd get hit right? well GOOD, it needs to be like that again, maybe there would be less crime, trouble, and laziness in the world.
 
I know that some mental issues can be corrected without meds, and I am a proponent of minimal meds for anyone...

however, this thought was given to me the other day to ponder, and I will share it with you.

if your kid was diabetic, would you deny it insulin? if they had a bacterial infection, would you deny them antibiotics? arm broken, deny a cast?

bpayne said:
mtodays kids are the laziest they've ever been and the most morally repugnant ever in history
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every generation says that about the next one. its about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. also, regardless of the truth of the situation, if something is wrong with the newer generation, the blame lies solely on the one previous, as they were/are the ones responsible for raising the newer one.
 
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At 5 I was given more and worse meds. I have ongoing problems with anxiety because of this currently. It's been a rough ride but I am getting through it. I would NOT give my child meds like that AT ALL unless it was absolutely necessary.

I am not trying to get you down, but being on all the meds I was on from kindergarden on seriously fucked me up. It sounds to me like he has Anxiety issues, and for that I am terribly sorry. I went through school with anxiety issues but I was force fed speed instead... it was horrible. Also now that I am old enough to understand I harbor some serious resentment towards my mother. I would give therapy a try and also talk to some other psychiatrists. It makes me sick what some people will do to make a buck nowdays. I wish you the best of luck!
 
I'm unsure if OP is still checking this thread but if you are, could you please take care with giving your child SSRI'S, they can change a person for life, make them dull, make them socially awkward, i have seen this first hand and am very worried about a child of his age taking them. This is just my opinion but I am strongly against them, I wish you and your child the best of luck, Could i suggest hobbies that will help him develop social skills and keep his mind active.

Best of luck, hope i could be of some help.
Mitchy-
 
I was on prozac (low dose) for about five months and risperidone (2x 0.5mg) for close to a year when I was 8-10. It really did damage me. Not nearly as much as my recent recreational use though. I don't advise giving your son so many meds lest ye be wanting a monster.
 
yeah I've never been on those meds before, but I have a feeling they can take all of the individuality out of a person
 
bpayne is very right about his post before this^ one...kids WILL do anything

even if that means taking medication, cuz afterall, they dont even know what a pill does...so w.e

its like sex offender getting a kid to suck his dick, the kid HAS NO CLUE whats going on...life is still a complete wonder to them

if you tlel a kid to suck dicks everyday, hes going to think sucking dick is normal
 
Fuck i love you PillPoppingAnimal, havent been on here to keep up with your posts, well what your saying is correct i love the way you just had to add that fucked up touch of a kid sucking dick to it. lmao
 
Dear Exentric, I was a 9 year old child with depression too. I know the pain of waking up every morning and not wanting to goto school or live for that matter. I would cry all the time and get in massive fits of rage. Later I was diagnosed with Bipolar and your son may be too, but at this point physicians wont speculate because Bipolar is hard to determine until your around the age of an adult 17-18.

I will say from experience Lexapro is non addictive and helped me through my hard times, but MAKE SURE he takes it. He may only need it til things get a little better or he may need it for the rest of his life. I know for a fact I STILL tend to get off my lexapro which is also 10 mg a lot because I am old enough and strong enough mentally now to try to fight the depression myself and alone without a drug. But at the age of 9 I almost guarentee you.. if he really needs this medicine(lexapro) he is not mentally stable enough to be able to get off of it without crashing into an even worse depressed cycle.

Klonopin: Take him off it. Unless he has panic attacks its a bullshit thing to prescribe someone with depression, im actually outraged someone would give a 9 year old boy an addictive prescription!! I also will let you know now that your son is on klonipin he may end up branching into other drugs that may be illicit at a younger age around 12-13 I knew friends who did dxm, benzos etc and by highschool they graduated to coke and oxys, by the time they graduated Highschool they were addicts to Heroin and dabbled in crack. Now this is not to scare you utterly, its just for your information. He may be a straightforward kid til the day he dies, or he may go through this cycle no matter what. Its a fact of life, drugs are available if you look for them and hormones in children and young teens make them do stupid things sometimes.

Your son should see a psychologist if you can afford it. It doesn't work for everyone BUT if it does it could greatly help your son.

I'm also not bashing anyone who does these drugs, your choice is your choice, and I will not judge, i just wont do those drugs. PLUR :)

Last note: Depression doesn't usually go away, you just have to learn to fight it. over the years hopefully your son will learn the skills to overcome that f'd up feelings and get through day to day with a regular job and so on so forth. I'm 20, I'm actually just about to turn it in 5 days. I'm still fighting it, just not as much anymore :) I hope that comforts you.


Good luck.

If anyone was disrespected by this I ment no disrespect, please don't take it personally. These are my personal AND educated AND experienced views compiled.
 
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