[livingwith]

My son, who is now 24, has suffered with kidney stones one after another, since he was 18. Before his first stone, he was an A student athlete. Very focused, ambitious. Now it seems like it’s a struggle just to get simple tasks taken care of. He has flunked out of four colleges.
A woman mentioned to me that her doctor asked her how she was coping mentally while suffering with a kidney stone. Mentally? Obviously, this doctor felt that kidney stones can affect one mentally (lack of ...Read the full article

[ClairesMom]

Hi my name is Gayle and my daughter (18) has cystinuria. I have been trying to find tons of info on the subject but find almost all of it is repetitive. However, I did find several articles that state information about depression and stones. Because cystinunrian's live in pain they have learned to cope with the pain and we just aren't as aware of it unless they have a major bout...having said that, my daughter is taking wellbutrin for depression it appears to be helping her alot. We worry now about college but thankfully the one she attends has been so supportive. She ends up doing most of her work from home and emailing to them. She passes 1mm stones almost daily. I can't figure out besides water and vicoden what else I can do for her. I try my hardest to stay upbeat around her all the time so that she doesn't see what a struggle it is for us (parents) to take so much time off from work to run the the doctor or for tests. I feel bad because at their ages they are really just getting the feet wet in the real world. I wouldn't hesitate to suggest and anti depressant for your son. Hope this helps.