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<blockquote data-quote="Diabolique" data-source="post: 172437" data-attributes="member: 5512"><p>Things have reached a real crisis point around here. I have realized, after having spent a good part of last week and pretty much all weekend crying, that I am no longer well enough myself to be of much help to my son. I came completely unglued last night after difficult child told me he doesn't love me; I sobbed hysterically for about 3 hours before finally falling asleep. I burst into tears immediately upon waking up this morning and have been in and out of crying jags all day. I am prone to depression and know myself well enough to know when I'm slipping into that vortex. I know that I am in this condition right now due to problems with difficult child and feeling powerless to help him. </p><p> </p><p>After about a dozen phone calls this morning while difficult child was at Kids' Morning Out program, I was finally able to get some answers on how mental health issues are handled through my insurance. It is actually handled through my Employee Assistance Program. I have finally managed to find a group of doctors right down the road from me that have people who deal with adults and children, and the co-pay will only be $10. I have to start somewhere. The doctor wants to meet with me first tomorrow morning to talk to me about what's going on with me and my son -- she said that she wants to work first to get me stabilized so that I'll be in a position to help my son. Gee, I wonder what gave her that idea? Maybe the fact that I kept bursting into tears on the phone and could barely speak? I strongly suspect that I will end up back on Zoloft or something else. I have completely lost control of my emotions and am so emotionally raw that my sense of logic (the ability to know that my son doesn't mean this stuff he's saying to me) has gone AWOL. When he says mean stuff to me, instead of my brain kicking in, my heart just tears open and I start to sob...and I can't stop. </p><p> </p><p>I have to start somewhere. I have to get myself put back together so that I can do what needs to be done for my son. I will meet with the doctor tomorrow and then we'll go from there to schedule something for my son. I'm not sure where this is going to lead, but I have to get something going so that I can have some sense of hope that it doesn't have to be this way forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diabolique, post: 172437, member: 5512"] Things have reached a real crisis point around here. I have realized, after having spent a good part of last week and pretty much all weekend crying, that I am no longer well enough myself to be of much help to my son. I came completely unglued last night after difficult child told me he doesn't love me; I sobbed hysterically for about 3 hours before finally falling asleep. I burst into tears immediately upon waking up this morning and have been in and out of crying jags all day. I am prone to depression and know myself well enough to know when I'm slipping into that vortex. I know that I am in this condition right now due to problems with difficult child and feeling powerless to help him. After about a dozen phone calls this morning while difficult child was at Kids' Morning Out program, I was finally able to get some answers on how mental health issues are handled through my insurance. It is actually handled through my Employee Assistance Program. I have finally managed to find a group of doctors right down the road from me that have people who deal with adults and children, and the co-pay will only be $10. I have to start somewhere. The doctor wants to meet with me first tomorrow morning to talk to me about what's going on with me and my son -- she said that she wants to work first to get me stabilized so that I'll be in a position to help my son. Gee, I wonder what gave her that idea? Maybe the fact that I kept bursting into tears on the phone and could barely speak? I strongly suspect that I will end up back on Zoloft or something else. I have completely lost control of my emotions and am so emotionally raw that my sense of logic (the ability to know that my son doesn't mean this stuff he's saying to me) has gone AWOL. When he says mean stuff to me, instead of my brain kicking in, my heart just tears open and I start to sob...and I can't stop. I have to start somewhere. I have to get myself put back together so that I can do what needs to be done for my son. I will meet with the doctor tomorrow and then we'll go from there to schedule something for my son. I'm not sure where this is going to lead, but I have to get something going so that I can have some sense of hope that it doesn't have to be this way forever. [/QUOTE]
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