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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 464895" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>It took me twenty years to find medications that REALLY got rid of the depression. The other antidepressants made it possible for me to sort of function and not commit suicide. Hang in there. He's getting help a lot younger than I did!</p><p></p><p>Once you feel he is old enough to comprehend it, I found cogntive behavioral therapy great. I like Dialectal Behavioral Therapy even more. It teaches you to live in the moment and think with a "wise mind" (objectively). Depression causes black and white thinking and a lack of hope. It's a symptom of depression. I found these two forms of therapy to be invaluable to me. </p><p></p><p>School was also a huge stress for me as a kid. I would have horrible panic attacks and would be too nervous to even concentrate on what the teachers was saying. A couple of times I thought I was going to pass out, which was a phobia of mine, so I ran out of the room screaming. The kids called me "mental" after that. They were right. I needed help, but there WAS no help back then. </p><p></p><p>Depression is often genetic. It runs (along with mucho anxiety) big time on my family tree. Clinical depression, if that's what it is, does not go away when your circumstances change or your life is good. It is an illness and if you don't get good help, it can really hamper every aspect of your life.</p><p></p><p>I've been in a psychiatric hospital three times, all three times voluntarily. I always got a lot out of them, but I was very motivated. They make you get out of bed and participate in therapy and other stuff and, at least back then, they were able to adjust the medications and wait and see if they helped. I think they throw people out too soon now.</p><p></p><p>You're a good mom for helping him NOW. He knows that too, somewhere in the back of his mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 464895, member: 1550"] It took me twenty years to find medications that REALLY got rid of the depression. The other antidepressants made it possible for me to sort of function and not commit suicide. Hang in there. He's getting help a lot younger than I did! Once you feel he is old enough to comprehend it, I found cogntive behavioral therapy great. I like Dialectal Behavioral Therapy even more. It teaches you to live in the moment and think with a "wise mind" (objectively). Depression causes black and white thinking and a lack of hope. It's a symptom of depression. I found these two forms of therapy to be invaluable to me. School was also a huge stress for me as a kid. I would have horrible panic attacks and would be too nervous to even concentrate on what the teachers was saying. A couple of times I thought I was going to pass out, which was a phobia of mine, so I ran out of the room screaming. The kids called me "mental" after that. They were right. I needed help, but there WAS no help back then. Depression is often genetic. It runs (along with mucho anxiety) big time on my family tree. Clinical depression, if that's what it is, does not go away when your circumstances change or your life is good. It is an illness and if you don't get good help, it can really hamper every aspect of your life. I've been in a psychiatric hospital three times, all three times voluntarily. I always got a lot out of them, but I was very motivated. They make you get out of bed and participate in therapy and other stuff and, at least back then, they were able to adjust the medications and wait and see if they helped. I think they throw people out too soon now. You're a good mom for helping him NOW. He knows that too, somewhere in the back of his mind. [/QUOTE]
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