Hello everyone. This is my first post and the reason I joined this site.
My daughter is 16, turning 17 next month. At a young age she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and more recently with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). She's had her problems in her very early teens (eating disorder, cutting), but we managed to solve them.
At 14 she had a very rebellious stage. We caught her with weed & pills and we went straight to counseling and strict supervision. She improved a lot and she regained our trust in a few months.
But since October or November 2012 she's been acting strange. She's been very secretive, quiet and she's been going out to ''meet her friends'' a lot.
Anyways, here's the problem. Last week I found a small baggie of beige-brown powder in her room. I instantly freaked out and started crying but still didn't mention anything to her. I did some research on what the powder could be, and the first possible things I found were meth and heroin!
I just need to know how to confront and ask her?? What do I say?? What do I do?! What if she is doing meth?!
My daughter is 16, turning 17 next month. At a young age she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and more recently with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). She's had her problems in her very early teens (eating disorder, cutting), but we managed to solve them.
At 14 she had a very rebellious stage. We caught her with weed & pills and we went straight to counseling and strict supervision. She improved a lot and she regained our trust in a few months.
But since October or November 2012 she's been acting strange. She's been very secretive, quiet and she's been going out to ''meet her friends'' a lot.
Anyways, here's the problem. Last week I found a small baggie of beige-brown powder in her room. I instantly freaked out and started crying but still didn't mention anything to her. I did some research on what the powder could be, and the first possible things I found were meth and heroin!
I just need to know how to confront and ask her?? What do I say?? What do I do?! What if she is doing meth?!