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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 399642" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>I've thought about drugs, too. She rides home on a small van where pot smoking would be noticed. She could be taking pills, but she doesn't have friends at her school that she sees out of school. I would think if she were doing drugs with them, she would want to be seeing them after school, too. She has friends from middle school that she sees, but again, I would think she would be desperate to see them to get her drugs and she isn't. She gets all A's in school, so far.</p><p></p><p>I have searched her room and backpack and not found drugs, but have found forbidden foods. </p><p></p><p>So while I know I can't totally rule out drugs, it seems that her diet choices are a far more likely cause. I know it sounds hard to believe and I probably wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't experienced it firsthand. When I had some gluten by mistake one time, I turned into a bipolar-like person for several weeks. Another time, I cried over everything for weeks when that is not normal for me.</p><p></p><p>I know I can't make her stop eating those foods if she is determined, unless I don't let her leave the house, even for school. Even then, she eventually has to learn what happens when she does and better she learn it here than later. It is like a bipolar person who feels better and then goes off their medications. It is just so hard to watch and so difficult to live with.</p><p></p><p>My strategy in the past is to not cut her any slack and take away privileges for non-compliance and ugly attitude, so she gets herself together to get them back, but we've taken everything and she isn't budging. And I'm concerned that taking everything feeds the depression, but we can't just let her have her privileges back for nothing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 399642, member: 1792"] I've thought about drugs, too. She rides home on a small van where pot smoking would be noticed. She could be taking pills, but she doesn't have friends at her school that she sees out of school. I would think if she were doing drugs with them, she would want to be seeing them after school, too. She has friends from middle school that she sees, but again, I would think she would be desperate to see them to get her drugs and she isn't. She gets all A's in school, so far. I have searched her room and backpack and not found drugs, but have found forbidden foods. So while I know I can't totally rule out drugs, it seems that her diet choices are a far more likely cause. I know it sounds hard to believe and I probably wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't experienced it firsthand. When I had some gluten by mistake one time, I turned into a bipolar-like person for several weeks. Another time, I cried over everything for weeks when that is not normal for me. I know I can't make her stop eating those foods if she is determined, unless I don't let her leave the house, even for school. Even then, she eventually has to learn what happens when she does and better she learn it here than later. It is like a bipolar person who feels better and then goes off their medications. It is just so hard to watch and so difficult to live with. My strategy in the past is to not cut her any slack and take away privileges for non-compliance and ugly attitude, so she gets herself together to get them back, but we've taken everything and she isn't budging. And I'm concerned that taking everything feeds the depression, but we can't just let her have her privileges back for nothing. [/QUOTE]
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