dashcat
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difficult child went to the therapist yesterday. I had seen the same therapist on Saturday and she had suggested difficult child and I come in together for a session to discuss the possiblity of difficult child seeing a psychiatrist. I did broach the subject with difficult child, but she wanted to see her alone yesterday (she does not know I had seen her). She came home and said she'd made an appointment for the two of us to see her and that the therapist had talked to her about being evaluated for bi-polar.
She said that, after talking to therapist, that so many of the symptoms of bi-polar were things she'd been struggling with for a long time. She'd always thought bi-polar=crazy as a loon and had not completely understood that someone could be bi-polar and still appear to be functioning.
We have a therapist appointment together next week and she is going to refer difficult child to a psychiatrist.
I know that this is only the beginning and that a lot could happen from here, but prior to yesterday, difficult child would not even discuss the possiblity that she might be struggling with ANYTHING. If I even broached the subject slightly, she'd blow up, saying that I thought she was crazy. On top of that, Mr. Ostrich has refused to consider bi-polar or even depression. His response to my concerns after she ran off with internet strangers was "you think EVERYTHING is a syndrome. She is just being a typical, stupid 20 year old". He's even said this in front of her.
She went there last night to watch football, and I'm wondering what he said when she brought it up (I am quite certain she did). I am going to call him in the next week to ask him to put her on his insurance. He has a good job and he can afford it, but he claims to have been practicing "tough love" when he took her off last year when she got a job (with no insurance). Not only is he an Ostrich, he's a cheap Ostrich.
Dash
She said that, after talking to therapist, that so many of the symptoms of bi-polar were things she'd been struggling with for a long time. She'd always thought bi-polar=crazy as a loon and had not completely understood that someone could be bi-polar and still appear to be functioning.
We have a therapist appointment together next week and she is going to refer difficult child to a psychiatrist.
I know that this is only the beginning and that a lot could happen from here, but prior to yesterday, difficult child would not even discuss the possiblity that she might be struggling with ANYTHING. If I even broached the subject slightly, she'd blow up, saying that I thought she was crazy. On top of that, Mr. Ostrich has refused to consider bi-polar or even depression. His response to my concerns after she ran off with internet strangers was "you think EVERYTHING is a syndrome. She is just being a typical, stupid 20 year old". He's even said this in front of her.
She went there last night to watch football, and I'm wondering what he said when she brought it up (I am quite certain she did). I am going to call him in the next week to ask him to put her on his insurance. He has a good job and he can afford it, but he claims to have been practicing "tough love" when he took her off last year when she got a job (with no insurance). Not only is he an Ostrich, he's a cheap Ostrich.
Dash