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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 708026" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>I think many, many families struggle with a troubled child. For whatever their personal reasons, they choose to hide the situation. I have been continually astounded by the fact that when I share information about my difficult stepson, many people (pretty much EVERYONE) "come out of the closet" with a story about a difficult child/teen who is wreaking similar havoc in their lives.</p><p></p><p>There is a great deal of shame that accompanies a problem child. This needs to be addressed and alleviated. There is no shame in mental illness, or in the fact that our society offers so little to those desperately in need of help - the mentally ill themselves as well as their families.</p><p></p><p>I was going through a period a couple of years ago where I suffered from severe mood swings as a result of "the change". I was suicidal at times. I am well-educated, comfortably middle class and have great insurance. I could not find a psychiatrist to save my life. Either they weren't taking new patients or I needed to get a referral from my general practitioner, and I don't have one at the moment. My hormones balanced out and I am feeling a lot better now but I never did find a professional to prescribe me the medication that would have spared me and my wife that grief.</p><p></p><p>If you are overly concerned about what your son may be saying about you, I would gently remind you that EVERYONE knows it's him with the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 708026, member: 13303"] I think many, many families struggle with a troubled child. For whatever their personal reasons, they choose to hide the situation. I have been continually astounded by the fact that when I share information about my difficult stepson, many people (pretty much EVERYONE) "come out of the closet" with a story about a difficult child/teen who is wreaking similar havoc in their lives. There is a great deal of shame that accompanies a problem child. This needs to be addressed and alleviated. There is no shame in mental illness, or in the fact that our society offers so little to those desperately in need of help - the mentally ill themselves as well as their families. I was going through a period a couple of years ago where I suffered from severe mood swings as a result of "the change". I was suicidal at times. I am well-educated, comfortably middle class and have great insurance. I could not find a psychiatrist to save my life. Either they weren't taking new patients or I needed to get a referral from my general practitioner, and I don't have one at the moment. My hormones balanced out and I am feeling a lot better now but I never did find a professional to prescribe me the medication that would have spared me and my wife that grief. If you are overly concerned about what your son may be saying about you, I would gently remind you that EVERYONE knows it's him with the problem. [/QUOTE]
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