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[prozacnation]

Unfortunately, I fear my son takes after me. I suffer from mild depression and anxiety (but for different reasons and in different situations). We got opinions from two doctors before medicating him. At the time it seemed like we were going to have to medicate him or hospitalize him. He honestly scared me because he was so sad and anxious. We will of course reevaluate the meds often. We would love to take him off and see how he does but the doctors would like him to be stable for 6 months to a year first. So far we haven't hit that but he has have gotten much better (until tonight).

He is in a martial arts class but I don't think it's the best one for him. We will be looking for another school immediately, perhaps private lessons for a while to build him up. He is an orange belt and he is definitely a strong young man.

Thanks for your thoughts.