My mum wont let me on medication - i need it

[maddie-_-]

My mum wont let me have anti anxiety or anti depressants and I need them badly. She wont let me have them!!! She is very anti medication so please how can I get her to let me!?!!?!?

[Anne1221]

Well, how old are you?

[maddie-_-]

Well, how old are you?

I am 13 :PP

[Pumpkin]

My mum wont let me have anti anxiety or anti depressants and I need them badly. She wont let me have them!!! She is very anti medication so please how can I get her to let me!?!!?!?

I think that meds are something your doctor and mother should further discuss. They know your situation best and are obviously looking out for you with their greatest intentions. When it all comes down to it though, you're only 13 and your mother makes all final decisions as she is your guardian. A lot of people are anti-medication because there are many other routes to try when dealing with anxiety first. They like to look at meds as a last resort once everything else has been tried and failed. I suggest looking up some natural healing methods online in the mean time such as a healthier diet, exercising more and/or meditation. You never know, these things may work for you. Good luck and hang in there :)

[Anne1221]

When I go to pick up my prescriptions for medication, they staple a paper on there with Big, bold warnings. Antidepressant medications affect teen-agers differently from adults.

[Dahila]

I think 13 is too young to be on this kind of medication. You need therapy and some loving tender care. I would agree with your mom. BTW I had anxiety and sleep disorder from early childhood.. and I tried first time ativan in my late twenties;)

[maddie-_-]

Guys, I have had CBT, different diets, EFT, talking it out, massages (special kinda), hypnotherapy, and every natural solution imaginable. Nothings worked im at the end of my humor with this.

[Ritch]

Exercise, Mindfulness, Psychotherapy. I would be interested in how long you have given the above before deciding they haven't worked? The last I checked there is only one medication licensed for someone of your age in the UK and that is fluoxetine. I think the fact that there is only one licensed says enough about why they are often a last resort for someone of your age.

Unfortunately there is very rarely a quick fix for anxiety, I would personally recommend that you give mindfulness a try..... persist with it. it will not provide immediate results but if you put the effort in it will benefit you in someway, of that I'm sure.

[maddie-_-]

Exercise, Mindfulness, Psychotherapy. I would be interested in how long you have given the above before deciding they haven't worked? The last I checked there is only one medication licensed for someone of your age in the UK and that is fluoxetine. I think the fact that there is only one licensed says enough about why they are often a last resort for someone of your age.

Unfortunately there is very rarely a quick fix for anxiety, I would personally recommend that you give mindfulness a try..... persist with it. it will not provide immediate results but if you put the effort in it will benefit you in someway, of that I'm sure.

Flouxitine made one of my clostest friends suicidal...no thanks haha and 6 months for each one.
Mindfulness is a huge thing i do :) my mum is very in to that type of thing. But i would kill for meds

[Ritch]

I was given fluoxetine when I was 17 and I felt terrible on it, I refused to carry on taking it when I was in hospital and thankfully I wasn't forced into taking it. If I had depression I may not have been so fortunate.

I like you began having difficulties at an early age, but I didn't know or understand what was happening to me. I tried to hide my difficulties from everyone because I thought I would be looked at like a freak, prejudice has never had much reason. When I eventually spoke honestly with a general doctor he said that he felt I was suffering with anxiety and that MAYBE medication would help me. I was 17 and I was desperate to be given medication, through my naivety I believed that it would take all my problems away, but it didn't it made them worse. The idea of medication was very appealing to me, I was insistent that only medication would help me and that nothing else would offer relief and was not worth pursuing. but if I could go back I wouldn't have tried it.

I appreciate you may be desperate for some relief, but my advice would be to keep trying alternative options and maybe find something you have a passion for that will help you not only express yourself but which may also offer you some relief, without the side effects.

You are a teenager and your body will go through vast changes, changes that could do without adding another variable into the mix.

[maddie-_-]

I was given fluoxetine when I was 17 and I felt terrible on it, I refused to carry on taking it when I was in hospital and thankfully I wasn't forced into taking it. If I had depression I may not have been so fortunate.

I like you began having difficulties at an early age, but I didn't know or understand what was happening to me. I tried to hide my difficulties from everyone because I thought I would be looked at like a freak, prejudice has never had much reason. When I eventually spoke honestly with a general doctor he said that he felt I was suffering with anxiety and that MAYBE medication would help me. I was 17 and I was desperate to be given medication, through my naivety I believed that it would take all my problems away, but it didn't it made them worse. The idea of medication was very appealing to me, I was insistent that only medication would help me and that nothing else would offer relief and was not worth pursuing. but if I could go back I wouldn't have tried it.

I appreciate you may be desperate for some relief, but my advice would be to keep trying alternative options and maybe find something you have a passion for that will help you not only express yourself but which may also offer you some relief, without the side effects.

You are a teenager and your body will go through vast changes, changes that could do without adding another variable into the mix.

Im just..Its been going on too long, i want medication as a temp solution until I get some good therapy, if that makes sence? I have been suicidal before without medication and obviously dont want to be like that again, which is why im so worried. Ergh. My mum is just saying because i said so to medication, big fat no. Im going to talk to my doc about it next week and ask her to possible have a sit down with my mum and talk her through it and discuss it..

[Ritch]

Im just..Its been going on too long, i want medication as a temp solution until I get some good therapy, if that makes sence? I have been suicidal before without medication and obviously dont want to be like that again, which is why im so worried. Ergh. My mum is just saying because i said so to medication, big fat no. Im going to talk to my doc about it next week and ask her to possible have a sit down with my mum and talk her through it and discuss it..

I understand you want some relief, but you also do not want potential side effects that could occur. I can also see your mums stance on medication, the positives may not necessarily outweigh the negatives.

Like I said before I insisted that I needed medication, when it treated me badly I was left in an even worse position because I thought it would cure me and it didn't. My main concern is that if it does not treat you well you will be left in the same situation as I was. None of us can predict how it will treat you, but you have very limited options medication wise unless a doctor prescribes you something off license which I doubt they will be willing to do.

You have done the right thing in coming here seeking advice and I really feel for you because I would not wish anxiety anybody, especially a child. We have advised that you stay away from medication but it is your right to discuss it with your mother/doctor, but give it some more thought before next week. I hope you feel better soon :)

[Mr.Andrew]

Im just..Its been going on too long, i want medication as a temp solution until I get some good therapy, if that makes sence? I have been suicidal before without medication and obviously dont want to be like that again, which is why im so worried. Ergh. My mum is just saying because i said so to medication, big fat no. Im going to talk to my doc about it next week and ask her to possible have a sit down with my mum and talk her through it and discuss it..

Right now you are at a critical stage in your neural development. Your brain is chemically adjusting to your environment. Most of these chemical adjustments will be more or less permanent. On a basal chemical level, this means that if you take a medicine for a long period of time while your brain is still developing, your brain will "adjust" to the medication. These adjustments could and probably will be permanent. Furthermore, if you are given a benzod iazapine like klonopen , there is a possibility you will become both chemically and emotionally dependent. By messing with those Britichemical pathways, you will fail to develop the natural coping mechanisms that would "automatically" develop with the passing of time and could possibly be turned into a drug addict. In short, medication is probably a bad ideA.

[Dahila]

Madi taking medication is definitely Not cool. I am grandma already and I can provide a good spanking if you want. I know that you only 13, and you think you know better....no you not

[Anne1221]

I am so glad you are going to talk to your doctor. That is a great place to start.

[maddie-_-]

Thanks for all your advice! So I think I will try and stay away from medication, cant promise anything but yeah haha
I will still get my doc and my mum to talk, just so if i seriously do need medication my mum is more cool about it, but for now ill try and keep going without it. thanks :)