My mom has been experiencing really bad bodily pain, and the doctors gave her elavil and ativan.

She has been taking the ativan but will not try the antidepressant. It can also treat nerve pain and I don’t want her to have to go through pain without giving it a chance.

The reason I post here is because I’ve seen my whole life how depression affects her, and I wanna see her improve but I understand it might not be my place to tell her to try the new med.

I don’t want her to think she’s been a bad mom for being depressed, but I want to maybe bring it up to her to see what she says about the depression side of things. Again, I’m really worried she will think it’s a reflection of her parenting or herself rather than an aspect of what affects her in life, that I wanna help with.

What would you all suggest doing?