15 year old with major depression and anxiety
Did anyone had personal experience with Amen clinics for your children?
My 15 years old daighter has major depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADD and possible sensory processing disorder. She is under the care of psychiatrist and tried 4 therapists but so far no improvement despite meds and therapy. It came to a point that she hardly ever goes anywhere and just wants to stay home now (started online school this semester). I desperately need to find help for her. Heard about Amen clinics.
If your family member had any experience with Alen clinics please let me know and which one of Alen clinics did they go to, since there are several.
If you can recommend any other excellent psychiatrist or therapist who helped your teenager for similar issues I would be be very grateful. Especially if therapist is willing to work by Skype it would be a huge plus because convincing my daughter to get to the therapists’s office for weekly sessions is not an option.
I don’t know what to do, please help
Parent Replies
I have no experience with Amen Clinics, but it seems to me that that is not what your daughter or you need right now. If your daughter is unable to go to therapy, she isn't going to want to go through the multistep process described on the Amen Clinic website. Do you have a good relationship with your daughter's pediatrician or psychiatrist? You need concrete advice about what to do to help your daughter. Our daughter had similar symptoms at that age and her situation escalated to the point that she needed to attend a residential treatment center to get well. Our pediatrician was able to connect us to an educational consultant who found a place for her recovery. I hope that she, and you, find the help you need. I know firsthand how awful it is to be going through what your family is dealing with. Best of luck.