Ny child ,daughter age 16 has been dx with depression....she is in therapy with a CSW. The CSW recommended she start on anti-depressant med. I called my doc who prescribed 50 mg/day.She has been on med for 6 weeks now

Since she has started on med...at first,she seem to be doing well. This was the first 2-3 weeks. NOW...she is just  the opposite ..... she is now  very angery. She also tells me she feels very shakey and can not concertrate.

I am now researching finding a MD pshyc ....she is in need of more help.

I want to have her stop the Zoloft...how do we go about doing that?

I know it has to be done slowly....From my understanding anti-depressants and bi-polar....these 2 do not work well together with out other meds.....

My "mother's instinct" is telling me she could be bi-polar

Please reply
Ronnie

Dear Ronnie -- 
Talk to the doc' about this.  If you think she/he won't listen to your "mother's instinct", try taking my letter ("Dear Doctor") from my website.  And/or take a completed "Mood Disorder Questionnaire".  Read about the "controversy" of using antidepressants in bipolar disorder (maybe take that page in with you).  And good luck, and keep intuiting. 

Dr. Phelps