I am very glad you asking questions Fox. The therapist may refer you or may do herself a diagnosis. She would suggest you incorporate that into your therapy and make a new plan of attack.

She may suggest meds and that you see a psychiatrist. It is totally up to you whether you want to try meds. No one can force you even if you are a minor. You have to be deemed an imminent threat to yourself or others. Then they could force you to go a hospital in that case. It would only be based on what you tells. Suicidal thoughts don't count. A serious plan may. If you really feel you are in danger you should go. Many people will only talk of thoughts and not a plan because they don't feel they have the right to force you to go, but they desperately do need the help of the pdoc and the T.

Whether it is major, moderate, or mild is based on the length and severity of your symptoms. You want to as honest as you possible can be to your current therapist. Google symptoms of depression, take the psyche test on this site. Evaluate yourself honestly and write it all down.

So you change your therapy, maybe you take meds maybe you don't. That's it. Then as you go learn as much as you can about other methods. Meditation, diet, exercise, herbs, oils, spiritual, whatever may work. Self esteem techniques.

And down the road when your ready you tell more people to broaden you support network. People that will support you only.
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