I’m 15 and doctors love ssris. Like LOVE. They will you give you them in a heartbeat. Even though kids have a way higher chance of getting suicidal thoughts for it, they don’t care. I’m actually on an ssri, lexapro, but this one actually did a way better on kids than any of them. 

Ssris help but I hate doctors because they give them out too easily. It says “rare cases can cause suicidal thought” but it’s not rare. Zoloft and Prozac did it. And they did it in three of my other friends. 

Also! Zoloft is NOT approved to treat depression in children it is only approved for ocd. Yet I know four depressed kids who have taken it and hated it. But “the risks outweigh the fact that it could help” people who say this have never been suicidal in their life.

Yes, ssris can help children but can doctors stop giving them out like fucking candy. I started Zoloft when I was 12. A 12 year old on a fucking antidepressant. 

Fun fact! Doctors have no fucking clue what more serotonin does they just think it could help. 

Prozac was my worst one. I was super depressed and didn’t know what to do. After I stopped taking Prozac, I developed cyclothymia. It’s hard to even know when you’re depressed so stopping the pill is hard when you think it’s working.

Basically, doctors give out ssris too easily to minors when they do shit for kids.