Question
Yes, why not?
As long as a patient requires medication, he/she will be prescribed, including minors.
However, the minor has to be accompanied by their guardians when seeking treatment. If the guardians/parents do not give consent, the doctors cannot start any treatment like medications or psychotherapy.
This is of course unless there is a medical emergency. And in this particular case, a medical emergency is unlikely.
Thank you for asking this question for the benefit of everyone. It sounds that you are having a tough time, and its double whammy when the treatment gives you unbearable side effects. Unfortunately in medicine, it is often times a zero sum game. Everything seems to have its "costs" and "benefits". Fortunately for you, there are alternatives, like psychotherapy or more commonly known as talk therapy. The good side is that if it works for you, the effect is equivalent to medications, and the effects lasts way longer than medications.
Commonly used antidepressants like SSRIs and SNRIs will not affect the hormones. Other medications like mood stabilisers (e. g. , lithium carbonate, quetiapine, olanzapine) may affect the hormones in the body. Mood stabilisers are used to augment your response to the antidepressant. If you have concerns in this area, it will be good to discuss with your treating psychiatrist.
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