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<blockquote data-quote="Laker16" data-source="post: 728656" data-attributes="member: 22808"><p>Hi Tired Mama,</p><p>Thank you so much for responding. I am in a very low place right now.</p><p></p><p>The woman I spoke with from NAMI was a parent of a mentally ill adult child who has taken training to teach classes for teaching families how to cope. Unfortunately that class won't begin for a couple of months. It just was hard to hear her say how caring for her son was a responsability she had accepted for the rest of her life since there are no longer mental hospitals and that her son needed her to monitor his medications and make sure he was getting help or he wouldn't have a chance at a good life. She told me she has flown her son to Boston to get treatment from Harvard that isn't available where we live. It made me feel like such a selfish mom for not wanting my son in our home, and we just don't have the financial means to send him for the "best treatments"</p><p>.</p><p></p><p>We've tried having our son live here, but in the past he didn't continue treatment/medications, gots drunk and/or smoked pot with friends (although he has very few of those left now) and is difficult to be around (yelling/cursing). I know I can't cure him, but it is hard to not feel somehow responsible.</p><p></p><p>I will definitely look for the Co-Dependent No More book you mentioned. I have to find a way through this.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate your kindness so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Laker16, post: 728656, member: 22808"] Hi Tired Mama, Thank you so much for responding. I am in a very low place right now. The woman I spoke with from NAMI was a parent of a mentally ill adult child who has taken training to teach classes for teaching families how to cope. Unfortunately that class won't begin for a couple of months. It just was hard to hear her say how caring for her son was a responsability she had accepted for the rest of her life since there are no longer mental hospitals and that her son needed her to monitor his medications and make sure he was getting help or he wouldn't have a chance at a good life. She told me she has flown her son to Boston to get treatment from Harvard that isn't available where we live. It made me feel like such a selfish mom for not wanting my son in our home, and we just don't have the financial means to send him for the "best treatments" . We've tried having our son live here, but in the past he didn't continue treatment/medications, gots drunk and/or smoked pot with friends (although he has very few of those left now) and is difficult to be around (yelling/cursing). I know I can't cure him, but it is hard to not feel somehow responsible. I will definitely look for the Co-Dependent No More book you mentioned. I have to find a way through this. I appreciate your kindness so much. [/QUOTE]
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