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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 580468" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Karen,</p><p></p><p>You are not a bad mom at all, although of course your difficult child will think you are for leaving him there. We were faced with that after our difficult child was in her treatment center for 30 days and thet (and us) wanted her to saty another 30 days. She almost walked out one parent day and she did try to leave on her own one Saturday with some former clients who came to visit their friends and they had to chase her down the looooong country road after they ran off the other visitors. </p><p></p><p>I'm glad they switched him from adderall (which I also hate because of the abuse potential) to strattera. My difficult child was on that for several years and did well on it, no bad side effects at all.</p><p></p><p>Don't feel guilty about enjoying the peace and quiet. It was heavenly when our difficult child was in treatment. I had forgotten how peaceful life could really be.It will make you more committed to not ever going back to those chaotic days.</p><p></p><p>Good luck tomorrow and stay strong. He may pull on your heartstrings but nothing changes if nothing changes and if he comes back home it will just go back to the way it was, even though he will promise it won't.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 580468, member: 59"] Karen, You are not a bad mom at all, although of course your difficult child will think you are for leaving him there. We were faced with that after our difficult child was in her treatment center for 30 days and thet (and us) wanted her to saty another 30 days. She almost walked out one parent day and she did try to leave on her own one Saturday with some former clients who came to visit their friends and they had to chase her down the looooong country road after they ran off the other visitors. I'm glad they switched him from adderall (which I also hate because of the abuse potential) to strattera. My difficult child was on that for several years and did well on it, no bad side effects at all. Don't feel guilty about enjoying the peace and quiet. It was heavenly when our difficult child was in treatment. I had forgotten how peaceful life could really be.It will make you more committed to not ever going back to those chaotic days. Good luck tomorrow and stay strong. He may pull on your heartstrings but nothing changes if nothing changes and if he comes back home it will just go back to the way it was, even though he will promise it won't. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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