AT first these drugs can seem like a blessing and in some cases they are because they make the person who is depressed so much easier to deal with. My best friend for the majority of my life has had first hand experience with this problem. Her mom had a very real depression problem whe

When a child finds out that their mom has a drug problem they often don't understand what is going on and who is to blame for it. I can remember my best friend saying "this is my fault" or "I drove her to this point. " Nothing that anyone said could change her mind so she kept blaming herself for her mom suddenly being so out of control. She always felt like she was a horrible daughter because her mom was a pill addict and her mom was so high all of the time she didn't even realize what her problem was doing to her daughter. My friend felt like she could never measure up to the daughter that her mom had wanted her to be. She also felt that she was never good enough, and that is what caused her mother's depression.

n we were young, and she began regular visits to a psychiatrist. She was a prescribed antidepressant, sleeping medication and muscle relaxer along with some anxiety medicine. Everyone thought this was a blessing at the time because she was so much easier to be around. She was happy and more easy going and rarely ever had an anxiety attack. After a while we noticed that every time we saw her she looked high, a

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