My daughter has been on antidepressants since June. Initially, we noticed improvements right away. B…

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My daughter has been on antidepressants since June. Initially, we noticed improvements right away. But for the past couple of weeks, it's become noticeable that she's sometimes feeling down again. I peeked into her journal, and everything seems great on the surface, but at the same time, there's this desire to self-harm and such. Why is this happening? Have the medications stopped working? I've made an appointment with the psychiatrist, and we're going next week. Will they prescribe something different now, or is this a normal variation?
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Suhareva Olga
Autumn flare-up, mine too and a couple of other people wrote about it
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Kirichenko Elena
Suhareva Olga What to do? It's a bit scary
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Yuliya
What led her to think that?
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natalya
And is work with a psychologist also being done? And are you sure she takes her pills without missing any?
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Anna Klyuchevskaya
Maybe she's skipping her pills? Or did something happen at school that made things worse?
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Yana
Are you seeing a therapist? I don't think pills alone will help. You need to find out why this is happening.
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Suhareva Olga
Suhareva Olga My psychiatrist told me to observe and come back in 2 weeks for an appointment, but everything is individual. We already have a ton of pills plus a psychologist.
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Marina
If she's drinking without missing, you need to increase the dose with your doctor.
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Irina
What's wrong with her? I have a combo of three disorders at once. They found the right medication on the 4th or 5th try, I don't remember exactly. Besides that, I talk with a psychotherapist once a month and also saw a psychologist concurrently. Plus, there are a bunch of individual recommendations that help me and would also help the child. And there are setbacks, and that's normal, and the doctor should have warned me about them. I'm a grown woman, and during this period, I lie down and cry into my pillow, suppressing a huge desire to jump out the window. And everything hurts, from my soul to my body. I've been stewing in this since I was about 15, I understand her feelings perfectly. Look for good specialists and find the right medications. I can give you my specialist's contacts; she also works with girls. It's not necessary to travel to her. I went once, and the rest of the appointments were via Zoom.
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Kirichenko Elena
Yana I saw a psychologist for a few months, then I stopped on my own.
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Kirichenko Elena
Anna Klyuchevskaya I know that she's definitely having some problems with her friend, and maybe because of that...
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Kirichenko Elena
Suhareva Olga Oh, well, we still need to see a neurologist, we have some issues in that area too, I don't know what they'll say there yet.
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Suhareva Olga
Suhareva Olga And what is your daughter's diagnosis, if you don't mind sharing?
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