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Meds to take edge off Depression & Anxiety in a Teen

Mhairi

Hoping for some advice from anyone with experience of this. Our 13 yr old has suffered with significant anxiety over past 5 years and 2 bouts of significant depression last months all impacting on his quality of life and on both occasions feeling life is not worth living.

We are hoping meds will take the edge of his high levels of anxiety until he is in a place where he can help himself, find strategies and address the areas that are affecting him so he can enjoy some quality of life. Hopefully they will be a temporary measure.

Any advice on people's experience of meds would be very much appreciated particularly those around in their teens. He cannot swallow tablets but can incorporate a powder/open capsule into food.

We understand it will be trial and error and they may not work for him at all, plus the 2 month settling in period but feel for his sake we have to try this.

Thank you

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  • I am against medication for those on the Spectrum. Autism is life-long, it's not an illness and there are no specific drugs for Autism.

    The behavioural issues, anxiety levels, depression, etc... are all directly related and cause by  Autism itself. They go hand-in-hand with Aspergers,HFA, and other classic Autism, etc...

    What's needed is support, the right lifestyle, the suitable surrounding, at home and also at work, medication can lead to health issues and long-term unknown effects.

    A healthy balanced diet is paramount and a lifestyle that keeps the person at a healthy weight.

    Professor Simon Baron-Cohen is also against drugs when it comes to Autism. He has inspired me, and his clinic diagnosed me two years ago.

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  • I am against medication for those on the Spectrum. Autism is life-long, it's not an illness and there are no specific drugs for Autism.

    The behavioural issues, anxiety levels, depression, etc... are all directly related and cause by  Autism itself. They go hand-in-hand with Aspergers,HFA, and other classic Autism, etc...

    What's needed is support, the right lifestyle, the suitable surrounding, at home and also at work, medication can lead to health issues and long-term unknown effects.

    A healthy balanced diet is paramount and a lifestyle that keeps the person at a healthy weight.

    Professor Simon Baron-Cohen is also against drugs when it comes to Autism. He has inspired me, and his clinic diagnosed me two years ago.

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