My 11 year old daughter was diagnosed a few years ago with depression and anxiety. We have a strong family history of bipolar disorder and depression.
She has been on Abilify for a while now. At first it worked great. Then it didn't work so well and the dr. increased the dosage. There wasn't much improvement, so they increased the dosage again. She seemed to get worse, so we have recently started Resperidone 1 mg. We will see if there is an improvement.
My problem is she always says she doesn't feel good (tummy or head usually) when she is having a bad day. I know that depression can cause physical pains or illness, but she usually doesn't want to go to school when she feels this way. This last week, she had a really bad morning and claimed to not be feeling well. I told her she had to go to school (btw, I was going out of town for the day and she knew this, which I believe added to it all). When I pulled up to the school to drop her off, she just completely broke down in tears. I gave in (again) and let her stay home. She stayed with my mom and kept calling or texting me, asking when I would be home.
So what do I do when she has mornings like this? Do I just make her get out, tears and all? Do I walk her in to the counselor, or do I let her stay home? She is in danger of being held back because of missing so many days. She also has Celiac disease, so tummy aches are pretty common.
Any help would be great!
Thanks!