How Do I Convince My Mom to Let Me Go on Anti-Depressants?
Question by susie: How do I convince my mom to let me go on anti-depressants?
My mom thinks that I’m not depressed and that this is a cry out for attention and she tells me that a sixteen year old has no reason to be depressed. I’ve tried to get rid of my depression naturally, but it seems like its getting worse. I don’t have the energy to do anything and I don’t want to do anything anymore. My mom is dead set against pills, so how can I convince her to at least let me try it?
Best answer:
Answer by Richard Cranium
Buy some weed…
Answer by White Raven
Antidepressants will sap your energy, so if you are having a lack of motivation and desire to do things, they won’t help. They will end up being an escape where you will sleep a lot and miss out on life. They are incredibly addictive, and when you do get off them your mental state will be much worse during that time. You also won’t learn any skills to stay positive and motivated on your own – and 16 is an appropriate time to learn that. You’ll miss out on achieving that level of self-sufficiency by being in a drug-induced stupor at a critical time in your life.
You’re struggling with some negative feelings now, but I assure you, you can handle it and when you do, you’ll be better prepared for the rest of life to come. Why don’t you meet life head-on and rise to it? You can do it. Instead, you’re proposing to retreat into an escape-high, a magic pill, which ultimately could ruin your life.
Why don’t you tell your mom all the reasons you want to go on this drug, and ask her what her ideas are for coping without the drug! Having her support without the drug will add a new, and hopefully supportive and helpful dimension to your problem. You don’t need to add one more problem of drug dependence. And don’t act out and pretend you can’t function to manipulate mom. There’s no magic pill for what we feel inside. These are signals to respond to and act on and not to numb out.
You need to see yourself as strong and powerful and capable…and I want you to go on Google and look up “xanax addiction” and “anti-depressant addiction/stories/etc” and read the stories of people who regretted the step you now want to take. Then bask in gratitude that won’t be you. Good luck :-) You’ll do fine.