Thanks Lisa. My Grandson has finally started with a new doctor and she is going to arrange for him to have the genetic testing
re his depression and anxiety. We are so happy about this and I wondered if it has made a difference to others. I will follow up with the people you suggested. Again my thanks.
Ainsleigh

Hi @ainsleigh, in addition to myself, we had Mayo perform pharmacogenomic testing on my youngest daughter last January. She suffers from anxiety and social phobia, and knowing that I have so many drug polymophisms, we needed to know whether or not medications are an option for her. Turns out that she did inherit most of my drug metabolism polymorphisms, so meds are NOT an option for her, and it was nice to figure that out before a drug regimen was started.

Instead, per Mayo's suggestion, she is seeing a therapist at home for cognitive behavioral therapy, and we are returning to Mayo in July so she can attend their week-long teen anxiety clinic. During this week, my older daughter also has her first appointments for initial evaluation by Mayo, and she will get her first pharmacogemics testing performed.

It stinks that medications are not an option for us, but there are other sources of help out there. From my personal experience, I know that these medications will make a person ill if genetics play a role in their metabolization.

Hi Kelly-Thanks for your post. I am so sorry that meds are not an option for your daughter but yes it is better to know. My Grandson is in the process of having the genetic test so of course we are hoping for a good result. It sounds like you may have a family predisposition for mental health issues and I fear we may too. Recently my Granddaughter has been having serious anxiety problems too. (They are not siblings.) What with my own history of those same things I fear what genes I may have handed down!
Anyway I wish you all the luck in the world and hope you will let us know how things go.
Ainsleigh