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well last time the board talked about an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) unit and I found out difficult child's hospital is building one....NOW, if we can apply that to a mother child hospital....haha!
For me just having a place to express myself and your listening is better than winning the lottery. Yes you have helped many times. I would like you to promise me that you will email me or write here if you are feeling that low at any point. This really is temporary, but it is a long term problem and I do understand the stress and feeling that hoplessness can make much worse. I think first things first, you can not be expected to handle any of this when depressed. I worry that taking old medications on and off may make it worse (when I went off medications I found I had a rebound depression that was almost worse than the real thing, and my sisters felt that too). Can you please take a moment to go to the doctor yourself and ask for a full script of your medication, OR if that is nto working...a new medication. THen, realize you are depressed and it is an illness, not a character flaw that means you need to leave the situation. You DO need a break and they need to know that you need help as well as your son. I think you do so well they may not know how much you are suffering. Andby the way, I have had students who are in foster care not because their parents gave them up or because of any child protection issue, just for the reason that the family needed them in a more therapeutic setting given their circumstances. They are still the parents! They are just parenting in a different way. If you really feel that.... Now you will have a whole new staff....ask them what other parents do when their kids act so totally different at home, and it is dangerous, and your family is falling apart. IT is not like you are not compliant, you WANT the help, you have told them many times....you will accept whatever they offer so come on folks...
You now make me admire you even more because you are doing this even when you yourself are not well... It is ok to admit that because it is not within your control. You can get better. Many of us here have been depressed or are depressed. I care.
For me just having a place to express myself and your listening is better than winning the lottery. Yes you have helped many times. I would like you to promise me that you will email me or write here if you are feeling that low at any point. This really is temporary, but it is a long term problem and I do understand the stress and feeling that hoplessness can make much worse. I think first things first, you can not be expected to handle any of this when depressed. I worry that taking old medications on and off may make it worse (when I went off medications I found I had a rebound depression that was almost worse than the real thing, and my sisters felt that too). Can you please take a moment to go to the doctor yourself and ask for a full script of your medication, OR if that is nto working...a new medication. THen, realize you are depressed and it is an illness, not a character flaw that means you need to leave the situation. You DO need a break and they need to know that you need help as well as your son. I think you do so well they may not know how much you are suffering. Andby the way, I have had students who are in foster care not because their parents gave them up or because of any child protection issue, just for the reason that the family needed them in a more therapeutic setting given their circumstances. They are still the parents! They are just parenting in a different way. If you really feel that.... Now you will have a whole new staff....ask them what other parents do when their kids act so totally different at home, and it is dangerous, and your family is falling apart. IT is not like you are not compliant, you WANT the help, you have told them many times....you will accept whatever they offer so come on folks...
You now make me admire you even more because you are doing this even when you yourself are not well... It is ok to admit that because it is not within your control. You can get better. Many of us here have been depressed or are depressed. I care.