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Hey, I'm new on this, so I have no clue what I'm doing. :/ But I need help.
I'm always depressed, but my mom thinks I'm fine. My friend said I should get on anti-depressants for it, but I don't know how to ask my mom. We're really close, but that's just one thing I don't know how to ask or tell her.
What should I do?
Medicine (like antidepressants) are but one option for treating depression, there are others. Only a doctor can determine what treatment(s) are best for you. So, your task is to come up with a way to explain yourself to your mom so you can get to one.
You might try talking with your mom about the way you're feeling and give her enough info and details to understand and hopefully agree with your description of yourself as depressed. The goal is to give her the info she needs to 'mom you', to take care of you, and in this case, that means getting you to a doc who can properly assess you and recommend treatment
Start by giving her some basic info about your feelings and how they're affecting you (and interfering with your sense of well being and your other responsibilities.)
Well medicines are really harmful for our body the best idea is that You might try talking with your mom about the way you're feeling and give her enough info and details to understand and hopefully agree with your description of yourself as depressed.
Ask your Mom to take you to the doctor because you haven't been feeling too great recently. Whilst a doctor probably can't prescribe you with antidepressants, they can refer you onto a psychiatrist who will be able to determine what is the best course of action for you. It might be medication or they may feel as though therapy and counselling is the best way to get you feeling better.
If you're really close to your Mom, sit down and tell her exactly how you feel. That you feel depressed a lot and you think you could benefit from seeing a doctor. It can be quite hard for a parent to accept that their child has depression or another psychological illness but keep talking to her about it until you get that appointment.
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Medicine (like antidepressants) are but one option for treating depression, there are others. Only a doctor can determine what treatment(s) are best for you. So, your task is to come up with a way to explain yourself to your mom so you can get to one.
You might try talking with your mom about the way you're feeling and give her enough info and details to understand and hopefully agree with your description of yourself as depressed. The goal is to give her the info she needs to 'mom you', to take care of you, and in this case, that means getting you to a doc who can properly assess you and recommend treatment
Start by giving her some basic info about your feelings and how they're affecting you (and interfering with your sense of well being and your other responsibilities.)
Well, I told my mom I would like to go to the doctor and talk to him, and she said I'm fine. That I'm not depressed at all. What now? :/
Well, no you have to wait for the situation to deteriorate. My mum only acknowledged my depression after I stopped going to school for long periods of time, barely ever leaving my room, not wanting to talk to anyone and being extremely pessimistic. If your mum says your not depressed, then that could well be the case. Seeing as you live with her, she's seen you around the house and you have obviously not been showing any outward symptoms of depression or anything of the sort.
On the other hand, however, your mum could be in denial. No one wants to see their child depressed, perhaps she thinks it was her fault? At this moment, I don't have anything I can reccomend other than ask for just one visit to the doctor just to make sure.
Well, I told my mom I would like to go to the doctor and talk to him, and she said I'm fine. That I'm not depressed at all. What now? :/
You have to keep talking with her.
Sometimes it takes a while to convince someone of something, just b/c you say it once doesn't mean they're immediately going to respond.
Keep talking with her and each time, provide more details. It might also help to involve other adult family members, like dad or aunts/uncles, etc. or some outside authority figures, like your school guidance counselor or a pastor get involved, too.
At some point, the issue becomes her inability or unwillingness to listen to you...which might be the reason you're depressed in the first place...so it helps to have others with a different perspective working with you here.
I can't involve my dad in it because he doesn't live with us and I see him 4 days a month, so he wouldn't know how I am. And my mom doesn't see how I get at night...
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Medicine and mom. :/
