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Suggest Treatment For Transient Depressive Disorder

Posted on Tue, 16 Aug 2016

Question: My daughter cannot handled going places... she's all about until a week before we go and then she starts to change... hardly eat... won't talk about it..keeps saying l'm not going.....in the end there is war with her...she find it hard to make friends....ever hard for to go to the shops...when we finally get her there....she . hardly talk or smile...she puts on this sad face...she went to a disco with her friend and she started the same thing..she is 16 years of age. She changed when she gets home.

Answered by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
May be due to transient depression

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for asking on this platform

After going through the detail,it appears to be due to transient depressive disorder.
There must be some underlying reason which she is not willing to share with you.
Here I would suggest you to befriend with her.Ask about the reason behind this mood fluctuation.
The other option is that you may ask one of her close friend regarding this.
I won't get overly worried as this mood change is of short duration and any medical treatment is usually not needed.Only thing which she needs is councelling.
you may also consult a psychiatrist to solve the issue.

I hope this makes you more confident for the discussion with her.
Please feel free to ask if you have any other query.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (6 hours later)

she would do anything not to go ..... stop eating....not talk..... she not a out going person...even when small... she would cry and run out.. even when with her cousins... she don't care who she is hurting... she never be the one to join in. In school they thought she might have austim.. but this was rule out.

Answered by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please consult a psychologist to rule out social anxiety disoder

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I am sorry for misinterpretation.
Initially I thought that this is a recent onset condition.
But as this is there since childhood,I would like to rule out a condition called 'childhood social anxiety disorder'.Here child avoid social contact,don't want to talk with peers and may cause poor school performance.
In this condition other activities remain normal.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar