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Prozac 'no better than placebo' for treating children with depression, experts

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206 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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lemming ◴[21 Nov 25 01:33 UTC] No.46000215[source]▶
Our 11 year old daughter was seriously depressed recently. N=1, but fluoxetine was life changing (and potentially life saving) for her, at least.
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potsandpans ◴[21 Nov 25 20:30 UTC] No.46008621[source]▶
Genuine question (which I accept may be too personal to answer): what does depression in someone that young look like?

How is it different from the expected hormonal changes that an adolescent is expected to go through?

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1. 0134340 ◴[21 Nov 25 21:35 UTC] No.46009266[source]▶
Probably something like Boy Interrupted[0]. Sad story and something I can sympathize with having some of the same feelings very early on despite having a rather normal upbringing and siblings not showing signs of it.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Interrupted