Hello all,
I thought I would start a new thread as the other one had gotten so long. Thank you to everyone that posted. Your support is invaluable to me.
difficult child's DBT therapist thinks difficult child is stable for now. In fact, she seems the most stable she has been since Peter Pan left. Of course, I thought she was doing well the night before she OD'd so what do I know?
I think that the therapist wants to try to get difficult child to agree to go into a program instead of trying to force her into a program using an interventionist or threatening to kick her out. As the therapist put it, "no one likes to be ambushed." In the meantime, the p-doctor told difficult child that she would have the paperwork ready on Monday for the low-income assistance program so difficult child can start on the Abilify.
husband and I are also starting the DBT parents' program October 11th. I am hoping it will help us understand difficult child's mental illness . . . especially husband. He still hasn't really come to terms with it. I still think deep down he thinks she can just snap out of it and start acting right. We will work through difficult child's DBT modules from a family perspective. The first one is emotional regulation.
Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart.
~Kathy
I thought I would start a new thread as the other one had gotten so long. Thank you to everyone that posted. Your support is invaluable to me.
difficult child's DBT therapist thinks difficult child is stable for now. In fact, she seems the most stable she has been since Peter Pan left. Of course, I thought she was doing well the night before she OD'd so what do I know?
I think that the therapist wants to try to get difficult child to agree to go into a program instead of trying to force her into a program using an interventionist or threatening to kick her out. As the therapist put it, "no one likes to be ambushed." In the meantime, the p-doctor told difficult child that she would have the paperwork ready on Monday for the low-income assistance program so difficult child can start on the Abilify.
husband and I are also starting the DBT parents' program October 11th. I am hoping it will help us understand difficult child's mental illness . . . especially husband. He still hasn't really come to terms with it. I still think deep down he thinks she can just snap out of it and start acting right. We will work through difficult child's DBT modules from a family perspective. The first one is emotional regulation.
Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart.
~Kathy