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<blockquote data-quote="Disheartened" data-source="post: 762927" data-attributes="member: 30201"><p>Hello BusynMember1, I don't know if you are still on here but I just read several of your posts and I am sobbing...which is something I don't do easily. I am an adoptive mother of a child we first fostered. We didn't plan to adopt but after two years, it seemed cruel to move him to another home. Oh, how I wish we had. It has been 22 years now and the last 13 have been particularly awful. Right now I am waiting to get on a call with the judge after a second psychiatric committal in 6 weeks. Unfortunately, we now know that our son has been using meth with one of his biological brothers and it causes paranioa and psychosis. He has caused thousands of dollars in damage to our home and made so many threats to us I can't even count. We told the hospital that he couldn't come home (he is 24). We don't know what will happen but the thing that keeps me feeling guilty is the fact that he is intellectually disabled. It is a "mild" form but I feel like that can be harder because he can act like he understands things that he truly doesn't. He also has many mental health issues and now he is abusing substances. I am a person of faith but I have been really mad at God. I don't understand what the better plan is for us. My husband and I are both on antidepressants now but I'm not sure how much it helps. I have been reading posts on the forum for a long time now but I felt it was time to get more involved and, as I said, your post spoke to me. I appreciate what you have shared and I can empathize. People don't really understand unless they have been through it. Thank you again for your posts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Disheartened, post: 762927, member: 30201"] Hello BusynMember1, I don't know if you are still on here but I just read several of your posts and I am sobbing...which is something I don't do easily. I am an adoptive mother of a child we first fostered. We didn't plan to adopt but after two years, it seemed cruel to move him to another home. Oh, how I wish we had. It has been 22 years now and the last 13 have been particularly awful. Right now I am waiting to get on a call with the judge after a second psychiatric committal in 6 weeks. Unfortunately, we now know that our son has been using meth with one of his biological brothers and it causes paranioa and psychosis. He has caused thousands of dollars in damage to our home and made so many threats to us I can't even count. We told the hospital that he couldn't come home (he is 24). We don't know what will happen but the thing that keeps me feeling guilty is the fact that he is intellectually disabled. It is a "mild" form but I feel like that can be harder because he can act like he understands things that he truly doesn't. He also has many mental health issues and now he is abusing substances. I am a person of faith but I have been really mad at God. I don't understand what the better plan is for us. My husband and I are both on antidepressants now but I'm not sure how much it helps. I have been reading posts on the forum for a long time now but I felt it was time to get more involved and, as I said, your post spoke to me. I appreciate what you have shared and I can empathize. People don't really understand unless they have been through it. Thank you again for your posts. [/QUOTE]
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