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Anxiety and Depression in Young Children: How to Treat?
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I am the grandfather of a 12, almost 13 year old female with mosaic turner, AD. She has a normal sister who has grown up with her olde sister always in the forefront of attention.
HD Very smart for the staticics, good in math. Plays the viola. She was from 4 interested in body parts functions etc. She know she can't have children and all that goes with that. She has had all sorts of meds, injecting herself for years with growth hormone, lots of baggage for a 12 year old.
She is a loner and in my opinion very depressed. Certain meds have made her have very dark thoughts. What she is on now seems to be the best mix. She has a therapist. She absolutely hates school. She tells me she sits alone at lunch.
I don't know how to fix this depression. My thoughts are trying to convince her parents to let me homeschool her as they work. They have aged with concern over this child.
Any advice?
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@mkosinski Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! It's very commendable of you to be concerned with the well-being of your granddaughter, and reaching for some solutions.
I imagine at the age she is now, there are a lot of factors that could disrupt her, aside from the mosaic Turner syndrome. Social settings, school, natural hormonal changes and all that those entail certainly can be factors. Personally, I can recall going through those "dark times", also. Add onto that a difference in how she might look or act, and that can be a lot of pressure.
What have her parents said about you homeschooling her? And, is she agreeable to homeschooling? Perhaps her therapist may have some insight if this would be beneficial. Has your granddaughter expressed what it is about school she hates? Not challenging enough? Too much emphasis on social instead of learning? She sounds like she is pretty smart, and that could be a cause of feeling like she doesn't fit in, if her peers are more focused on social aspects of school. Perhaps giving her more challenge to learn things, while keeping her in school for the opportunities there?
Ginger