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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 340840" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Anxiety and depression frequently go hand-in-hand. It is depressing to be anxious all the time, and it is anxiety-provoking to be depressed. They are on a continuum.</p><p> </p><p>We are not entirely certain what triggered J's depression. He was 12 (puberty was starting) and in 6th grade at a new middle school for GT kids. He found the work stressful, and although he made new friends, he missed the kids at his old school. He was also on Concerta, which he said made him feel apathetic, and asked to be taken off. We agreed, but it didn't really seem to perk him up. He resisted doing homework, and he didn't want to go to school. Monday mornings were torture. He would swipe all the books off the shelves in his room in anger. If husband were out of town on business, I couldn't get J to school on my own. He started seeing a therapist, and we began a search for the right psychiatrist (we went through 4 in quick succession). So it could have been situational, but it could have been chemical as well.</p><p> </p><p>What do you think was going on with your difficult child, if you don't mind my asking?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 340840, member: 2423"] Anxiety and depression frequently go hand-in-hand. It is depressing to be anxious all the time, and it is anxiety-provoking to be depressed. They are on a continuum. We are not entirely certain what triggered J's depression. He was 12 (puberty was starting) and in 6th grade at a new middle school for GT kids. He found the work stressful, and although he made new friends, he missed the kids at his old school. He was also on Concerta, which he said made him feel apathetic, and asked to be taken off. We agreed, but it didn't really seem to perk him up. He resisted doing homework, and he didn't want to go to school. Monday mornings were torture. He would swipe all the books off the shelves in his room in anger. If husband were out of town on business, I couldn't get J to school on my own. He started seeing a therapist, and we began a search for the right psychiatrist (we went through 4 in quick succession). So it could have been situational, but it could have been chemical as well. What do you think was going on with your difficult child, if you don't mind my asking? [/QUOTE]
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