My son has depression

[Tipsy2]

My 20 year old son has recently had a melt down and is suffering with depression. We're in touch with GP and he's on medication and we have a counselling and therapy appointment this week. He's a quiet lad, has never had loads of friends, found a girlfriend this year which is great, but she's off to Uni soon, has her own anxiety problems and this has been a stress for my son. Suddenly it all got too much and he completely folded a few weeks ago and I had to fetch him home from work. He's lost loads of weight, can't work, and is deeply depressed, crying a lot.

He can talk to me, and I help all I can. He's very scared, and I'm scared too obviously, but it's beginning to affect me yet I need to stay strong for him.

Any advice from mums who've dealt with this would be greatly appreciated.

[Youarejustwordsonascreenpeople]

Try posting on the Mental Health board. There are a lot of people there who are very knowledgeable and will talk to you. This board is for people to talk about their blogs.

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