signs of drug abuse

I am so irate over the laws in my county. My difficult child will be 18 in less than 6 months. She reminds me everyday that she will stop all medications and treatment. I believe her. It makes me crazy that I don't have the right to kick her out of my house or force her to take her medications or participate in...

All morning while cleaning I keep rolling around in my mind whether or not to go to the high school and talk to my son Drew's counselor. I got an email from his psychiatric teacher after I sent her one that was a bit curt, she explained that when a student is my son's age, 16, and a junior/senior in...

Last night our therapist came by, Dr. B, to see Drew and to speak to him and go over the goals that he wanted Drew, and us, to work toward and talk about anything that may have gone on in the week he did not see him. It started out okay, but as he read and we commented, you could literally watch...

This is a subject that he's brought up before but now he's talking about moving back in with his bio mom after he turns 18. (he'll be 17 in a couple of weeks) We got difficult child as a foster at the age of 9 and adopted him at 10. Bio mom's parental rights had been terminated when difficult child was around 6 or...

Ugh, My oldest daughter just got a new car, I see the sheriff's office number on my caller id, I am like is she okay? I just assumed she'd been in a wreck, well lo and behold, she say's she's okay and I have her here. To me that sounded like a prisoner. I knew then it was difficult child. Oh my, this kid...

difficult child was so great on Saturday. I mean, wow, if I could only have that child every day. But then pieces started coming together for me yesterday. I was scraping paint off the floor on Saturday morning and she came out of her bedroom and said, "Let me do that mom. You can do something else." I was...

less than 2 hours ago, this boy has dialed my number over 20 times already, according to my online phone records. I could block the number, but if he sets his call to not show his number, I think it still comes through. Does anyone know a way that I can legally make that kid stay away from mine...

So today i searched my difficult child's room, i felt terrible, but i have a feeling shes using drugs. I found a massive ammount of pot, and various perscription pills that she is NOT perscribed. This alarms me, because the drugs are probably just contributing to her problems. I was very upset and plan to...

Hi there, My difficult child is presently inpatient and is being diagnosed with a mood disorder that has a clear bipolar component and they are starting him on lithium. I don't know exactly what they will call it since does not fit any of the classic profiles. There is a strong family history (including...

Hey, I’m back. I’m the stepmother whose stepson falsely accused my husband of abuse (multiple times), until he came up with a real doozy, the police arrested my husband and my stepson got taken away by CPS. He did this all as part of a self-confessed “plan” with his mother since he wanted to go...

Hi, all: Mom of 17yo daughter (turns 18 in early Sept). Laundry list of issues include: - childhood sexual abuse by babysitter's husband (before age 6; therapy) - poor choice of friends (drug-dealing 21yo boyfriend; yay!) - rejection by bio father at age 14 (he left when she was 3 mos. old; my...

I wake up this morning to a note posted on her bedroom door saying she left at 10 of 5:00 am this morning because her friend Amanda was in the hospital from trying to OD. Sure. She says she just "had" to be there for her friend. How did she leave? She left through the living room window leaving...

Hello everyone! I came across this site when I was googling information about ODD. My 13 year old daughter was diagnosed with ODD in March of last year and has since gotten into some legal trouble by getting into a physical fight with another 13 year old girl. We went to court today and my...

I am truly at a loss and I don't know where to turn for help. My husband and I have 5 kids, ages, 21,18,13,10, and 7. They all live at home, at the moment. Our 21 year old has been in and out of the home several times. When he is here, are home is in utter turmoil, most of the time. Tonight took...

THe same old, same old has been going on, but it's getting tedious, so I haven't written anything. Since the last post about difficult child hallucinating, there's been one incident of difficult child getting around the alarms by the bedroom window. We found out because we went in and noticed they were turned off...

First let me say that I am so sorry to those of you who have been so supportive and concerened for me and my family, for disappearing for so long. I don't really have a reason other than I couldn't bear to talk about what has been happening. Thank you so very much for all of your thoughts and...

There is a family in town with two sons in their early twenties. Both have a history of drug use and the older son is a hemophiliac (sp?) with other health issues also. The single Mom appears to have pretty well lost her ability to cope...one boy in jail and the other on house arrest. I feel...

difficult child son is 17 now. He spent the beginning of Nov, all of Dec, and a week of Jan. in the Children's Crisis Intervention Unit. Both times he was hospitalized, was within 12 hours after having his girlfriend break up with him. There was one other hospitalization earlier in the year and one trip...

JT, our oldest difficult child, is 18 and heading off to his first year of college next month. He is very bright and mechanically inclined, and he has chosen a good field. He will be living on campus in the dorms. Currently, he has a summer construction job and lives with us. The issue we're having is...

My 16 years old son, Clyde have been living here since the summer after he got in so much trouble to the point where his father sent him to live with us. Clyde has been living with his father since was 6 years old and his father is an engineer and they have lived and traveled all over the world...