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  1. PiscesMom

    Is your home organized and comfortable?

    Hi! I have been following this thread. My house is always messier than i would like - but part of that is because we do things - art, and we cook a lot. There is a book I want to read, and a reality show called Tidying Up with Marie Kondo that looks promising. I am selling a bunch of things...
  2. PiscesMom

    CA residents - how to get my kid accepted to Regional Centers?

    Hi Copa - this is my youngest. She has autism and is very anxious. She is not going to school, or doing anything. My oldest daughter is typical, work, friends, getting her license. My youngest is just very fragile. We went to Ralphs yesterday because she wanted chips. I wasn't right next to her...
  3. PiscesMom

    CA residents - how to get my kid accepted to Regional Centers?

    Thank you Copa. I am feeling a little down because Regional Centers said she is too high functioning. But on the other hand, she doesn't want services or a job. She wants to stay home and do art. Is that terrible? She does her art, reads, likes to go on car rides, walk in circles. And maybe that...
  4. PiscesMom

    CA residents - how to get my kid accepted to Regional Centers?

    Thank you both for the info! Copa, thanks for all those resources! I am going to have to also figure out how to get her on SSDI, so maybe they will help with that too.
  5. PiscesMom

    CA residents - how to get my kid accepted to Regional Centers?

    Hi all - I am wondering if any of you live in CA, and have successfully gotten your child services thru Regional Centers? How do they decide who they accept? Any advice?
  6. PiscesMom

    Schizophrenia?

    Thanks RE, I will look around. Yeah, I don't think he is a typical schizophrenic, he's also like an eternal 12 or 15 year old, maybe that is the autism part of it. Maybe I will look into a NAMI support type group? I already did the class, that was before the diagnosis and new symptoms.
  7. PiscesMom

    Schizophrenia?

    Thank you, Sam. It's really good to hear. I have felt so bad about my parenting for so long - I blamed myself for everything. I wish I had been kinder to myself all these difficult years.
  8. PiscesMom

    Schizophrenia?

    Hi. I wonder if anyone can point me to a good resource to learn more about schizophrenia? My son is finally under the county's care. I guess after a few too many trips to the ER, the system thankfully takes notice. He was living in a group home for a few weeks, stopped taking Risperdal, and...
  9. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    Thank you all for responding. I also worry about funds getting cut (the tax reform stuff) and him having no care. All this county stuff feels too good to be true. Maybe that is my anxiety. Maybe with medications and a lot of support he will get better. Maybe he has trouble with emotions, and he is...
  10. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    i wish i could delete this rant now. maybe all this will sort itself out now, with all the care, supervision, and therapy he will get. i get stuck on trying to figure him out.
  11. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    Interesting. I guess deep down, I kind of wasn't sure of this new diagnosis. Do you have any ideas? No label really seems to fit him. I remember when he was 3, we went to Disneyworld and he needed a new shirt, and all there was was his sister's lettuce edge T. Once he noticed that, he just had to have...
  12. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    Thank you Copa. I hope he can have a good life. I hope, I hope. I am doing nothing today. Just sitting here numb.
  13. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    He is in ER, about to be moved to a residential for a few weeks. They are thinking schizophrenia. I told them he can't come home to either of us. He called me later from ER and thanked me for bringing him, and we had a nice discussion. He is still in there - I mean the real him is underneath. I...
  14. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    My son was recommended into this outpatient program for the mentally ill, covers housing, medications, employment, therapy, a caseworker. I am beyond grateful. We did the intake, and he did great. Later we talked, and it was so wonderful. He was so insightful. I have missed you so much, I said...
  15. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    He wanted to go back to his dad's. His dad and I had an ugly divorce, and hadn't been speaking, but I went in the house to check in anyway and give him my son's medications. He wasn't intimidating anymore, he seemed grateful for any help, concerned for our son. My son said he could get weed anytime -...
  16. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    Or maybe I should just have the girls be uncomfortable, feel unsafe in their house, because he shouldn't go back to his dad's? What if he tries this again? I can't send him back there.
  17. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    He is very insightful, actually. We accidentally got into politics, and he got angry. Later he said I was right to reprimand him, that he had been going in "bad direction." He is so sincere. He is a lot like me, in his head a lot. I hope funding isn't cut for this outpatient thing, it looks...
  18. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    thank you all so much for your replies. i read on my phone at the hospital, but i wasn't logged in. Nobody understands this quite like people here - I mean I do have people to talk to but its not exactly the same. I am grateful to you all, this site. Any advice on the fact that my daughters are...
  19. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    I don't mention his existence at all at work. Oh, you have a son? He's 18, is he in college? What high school did he go to? I really like my coworkers, but there's no cheery small talk answer to general questions. And I tend to also reveal too much. I don't know - I am an introvert maybe that's...
  20. PiscesMom

    my son is in icu

    Thank you!! Question - he has not had any weed since Tuesday night, when he was admitted to ER. (He stayed a few days, then went to a post acute place) He is not hearing any voices - the hospital put him on Zoloft and Risperdal, but the post acute place changed his medications to Haldol and...
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