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Depressed Sophomore
im 15 years old and I switched from a private school to a public school in the middle of the year because of bullying. I've been at my new school for about a month and a half at first things were alright but now i often skip my classes and my grades are really low, and I sleep A LOT. At least in my other school I had better grades even if I was bullied and at least I had some friends, I do try to get good grades but when i check them they are D's and F's. I'm wondering if I should switch back to my old school but I'm not sure because my parents worked really hard to get me out of that school and into my new one. Its so hard for me to get out of bed in the morning because it feels like there's nothing to look forward to and I've told my counselor this and she says it sounds like depression but what would help? I'm mostly concerned about my grades it seems i try so hard but I can't get them up? I thought public school would be easier then private . I just try to take it day by day and just try to get through each one at a time, I've only been going for a month and a half and it feels so long and I've even skipped a lot, In my other school I would never skip or anything bad the only problem was I was bullied. On the weekends I hangout with my old friends and it makes me really happy and the week easier, but on the weekends they are busy and they cant hangout then I find the next week of school very hard. I think part of the reason my grades are low is because I'm still trying to figure out public school and there systems work because I've gone to the same private school my whole life. I try to make friends by talking to people but they are just friendly to me not really friends....I want to go back to my other school but at the same times I don't. Some days are worse then others and I'm tired of it all. Everyday feels the same. I'm not interested in things i use to be interested in anymore.
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Some of the things you mentioned meet the criteria for a diagnoses of depression. Not being a doctor and not having the ability to examine someone over the web it is impossible for me or anyone else to offer a diagnoses.
What you need to do is talk to mom and dad. Tell them how you feel. The slipping of your grades may be expected by them in the changing of schools. They may not see the other things you mentioned or relate the slipping in your grades to the other things you wrote about.
What needs to happen is you need to be screened for teenage depression. Teenage depression is something doctors have just recently recognized as a treatable illness rather than a phase that most doctors and parents thought was something most teenagers would grow out of.
The cause of this illness, which is more medical then mental, is the lack or insufficiency of a particular hormone. This hormone is easily augmented in synthetic form by a pill taken once a day. It takes a few days for your body to build up the reserves it needs but once it does you will start to feel better.
Stress is also a cause which is partly caused by the missing our insufficient amount of the hormone. To help deal with the stress and better understand and recognize the signs of stress and the depression it causes talk therapy is usually helpful.
You should ask your parents or you are old enough to go to a doctor on your own, to have you screened for depression. Once properly diagnosed and treated things will look better. Your grades will improve and you will make new friends.
Just one other thing, skipping class is not a good way to maintain your grades. I'm not going to lecture you on this as I believe your skipping class may be in part systemic of you possibly suffering teenage depression.
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I went through something a little like you are when I was 15. 22 now. but mine was the other way around. i moved from a school where my friends were to be with a guy that i was dating at the time. only problem was that some boys began bullying me at my new school. bullying is no fun. it ruined two of my years at my new school. but you have escaped that now. you havent given your new school enough time. just have patience. you will make friends and your grades will get better but you have to stop skipping classes and get into gear mode. get yourself out of that rut of sleeping alot because that only makes things worse when you start sleeping all the time. you get lazy. start being more social and get into some extracurricular activities. youll make it. just try a little harder and get out of the rut your stuck in. :)
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