update In OP. Remember my difficult teen daughter.
Sept 16, 2020 4:04:24 GMT
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Post by SallyPA on Sept 16, 2020 4:04:24 GMT
Update: My 17 year old was discharged home after a long night of blood work, psych and addiction evaluations. She did not meet the criteria for substance abuse treatment. Inpatient and outpatient treatments are generally reserved for true addictions. Hers is more of an abuse situation with a little experimentation thrown in that mom happened upon at just the “right” time.
Here’s the interesting part: her pediatrician and psychiatrist and therapist (who has seen her for one year) believes she has an underlying anxiety disorder, maybe a little mild depression. Those were difficult but manageable for the most part with therapy. Then Covid hit. Her life and school and future are in chaos with a sort of unknown future. She feels a great deal of stress about that and how to pick a major and how to pick a college and the ACT got rescheduled and still hasn’t taken it, she’s got to apply and do all these college trips and plans and scholarships. On top of a chaotic senior year.
So she found a way to cope using substances. We’re all doing regular counseling and she has routine drug tests and individual counseling and a whole bunch of rules and consequences. She knows I love her. We will work on getting her anxiety and the things she can’t control to be less of a burden to her. Thank you very much to all of you who’ve sent messages and posted here. From the bottom of my heart, your words and concern were felt and appreciated. I am not sure obviously what the future holds and how this will all play out. I’m sure mistakes will be made by us both. We are going to work on better communication and since I am her chauffeur again, we are getting a lot of time together again. It’s fine unless I have to hear her shitty music lol....I really don’t mind it.
Drugs. I can barely breath. In the ER with my child. She is safe but she is mentally ill and hates me with every fiber in her being right now.
I did everything right. I can’t believe this is my cute pig tailed baby girl. I just needed to say it in a safe place.
Here’s the interesting part: her pediatrician and psychiatrist and therapist (who has seen her for one year) believes she has an underlying anxiety disorder, maybe a little mild depression. Those were difficult but manageable for the most part with therapy. Then Covid hit. Her life and school and future are in chaos with a sort of unknown future. She feels a great deal of stress about that and how to pick a major and how to pick a college and the ACT got rescheduled and still hasn’t taken it, she’s got to apply and do all these college trips and plans and scholarships. On top of a chaotic senior year.
So she found a way to cope using substances. We’re all doing regular counseling and she has routine drug tests and individual counseling and a whole bunch of rules and consequences. She knows I love her. We will work on getting her anxiety and the things she can’t control to be less of a burden to her. Thank you very much to all of you who’ve sent messages and posted here. From the bottom of my heart, your words and concern were felt and appreciated. I am not sure obviously what the future holds and how this will all play out. I’m sure mistakes will be made by us both. We are going to work on better communication and since I am her chauffeur again, we are getting a lot of time together again. It’s fine unless I have to hear her shitty music lol....I really don’t mind it.
Drugs. I can barely breath. In the ER with my child. She is safe but she is mentally ill and hates me with every fiber in her being right now.
I did everything right. I can’t believe this is my cute pig tailed baby girl. I just needed to say it in a safe place.
