Hi. My 15 year old child was diagnosed with depression and anxiety 5 months back. He has been on daxid 25 mg since then. He has also been going for therapy alongside. The therapist has terminated his therapy 2 months back saying now he only needs to go whenever he feels the need. In these 2 months he asked for one session when he feeling stressed before her exams. For daxid medicine, it was recommended we complete 6 months of the medication before stopping it. This will be done by next month. My question is what is the best way to stop the medication and what are the chances and signs of relapse if any that one needs to watch out for. What is the usual success rate of this medication in this age group and can we hope for a high chance of not needing to go back to medication in future?

Dear Mr. lybrate-user you are in good hands - Psychiatrist - with good medicine - Daxid. A proven antidepressant n antianxiety. If taken in complete dose n duration. So stop worrying Along with the depression find the cause of depression.in child - does he think negative more than the positive. Find some thing in parents. Do they say more negative than postive as per the age requirement.. Interpersonal relationship. Does mother n father show difference of opinion in front of the child. So that the child becomes confused. N depressed n anxious - what to listen n what to see n what to follow in parents behavior .just check if you want more go for the psychological testing like TAT & Rorschach with the clinical psychologist. Qualified.read the report n then bring the changes required in you. N your behavir - your thinking - your communication if possible if require go to the psychologist for the counseing n psychotherapy. To recover fast n permanent if require take help of psychiatrist n psychotherapist. For new psychotherapies. Like ontological psychotherapy .(why I behave differently with my child n other children) in office n at home or Gestalt therapy or Transactional analysis or Hypno therapy. Or Guided imagery. Etc some time s the child may require RTMS therapy latest therapy for treatment of depression without medicine other therapies like ketamine therapy n brief pulse therapy will not be suitable at this age /. But keep an eye open. N get treated we do have all therapies. Go to google for details. Of these therapies.  

0 person found this helpful