crazymama30
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Now lets hope they are helpful. Cody and I met with his caseworker (or whatever you call her) today. She did a fairly good job engaging him considering when his therapist told him about the wrap services he totally exploded. Not at her of course, but at me. Did not matter how many times she told him she referred him, he was still mad at me. He was playing his gameboy the entire time she was talking to him, but he did pause it some times. We have our first team meeting next Wednesday, and cw is taking him out before hand to a bowling alley/video arcade to do stuff to get to know him. She will pick him up here at the house and then meet us at county mental health. Lord knows we need the help, I sure hope it helps. It was sad, she was asking him about friends, and he said he did not have any and did not want any. They just betray him. Said his cousin is his only friend. And the sad part? He is right. It was really hard to hear him say that.
She (cw) referred both kids to a mentor type program with kids who have a parent who is incarcarated. I filled out the papers today, and I am really hoping this will help easy child, as she is sure working on losing her easy child status. She has not been sleeping but won't take her trazodone, says it makes her sleep all day. I talked her into taking 1.5 tabs instead of 1 that does not work or 2 that makes her sleep too much. I sure hope it helps because she has been a total bear. I know it is due to all that has gone on with her dad, but it is still hard to deal with. I am going to either convince or drag her to a new therapist next week, whichever it takes. She is sure she is bipolar (I am sure she is not, zoloft helped and did not send her manic) and I am going to tell her that I cannot afford for her to see psychiatrist more often, I am not going to decide if she is BiPolar (BP) or not, so in order to figure it out she needs to see a therapist weekly and be completely honest. My therapist really thinks highly of the one she will be seeing, so I hope she is right. My therapist has not steered me wrong yet, so here's hoping. The one easy child will be seeing has been a therapist for 20 or 30 years, and worked for county mental health before going to my therapist's office. I have to try something, I can see stbx's (soon to be ex) actions impacting her in such a negative way. I don't want to lose my daughter, and she needs to learn that she cannot change or help her dad, he has to do that himself.
She (cw) referred both kids to a mentor type program with kids who have a parent who is incarcarated. I filled out the papers today, and I am really hoping this will help easy child, as she is sure working on losing her easy child status. She has not been sleeping but won't take her trazodone, says it makes her sleep all day. I talked her into taking 1.5 tabs instead of 1 that does not work or 2 that makes her sleep too much. I sure hope it helps because she has been a total bear. I know it is due to all that has gone on with her dad, but it is still hard to deal with. I am going to either convince or drag her to a new therapist next week, whichever it takes. She is sure she is bipolar (I am sure she is not, zoloft helped and did not send her manic) and I am going to tell her that I cannot afford for her to see psychiatrist more often, I am not going to decide if she is BiPolar (BP) or not, so in order to figure it out she needs to see a therapist weekly and be completely honest. My therapist really thinks highly of the one she will be seeing, so I hope she is right. My therapist has not steered me wrong yet, so here's hoping. The one easy child will be seeing has been a therapist for 20 or 30 years, and worked for county mental health before going to my therapist's office. I have to try something, I can see stbx's (soon to be ex) actions impacting her in such a negative way. I don't want to lose my daughter, and she needs to learn that she cannot change or help her dad, he has to do that himself.
