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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 491088" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Welcome and good for you for making the first move to post. I hope you will find comfort and help here as I have. You are not alone. While my daughter's issues are different, we went through many similar issues starting at 14. She too is gifted. She had all kinds of stomach issues (actually diagnosed with IBS) and migraines. Now that she has her GED and is out of school and residential treatments-we seldom are having these issues. I actually do think our bodies are very connected to our brains. I do think that they play off of each other. I also believe that the brain is a human organ and it gets sick. What is the difference between mental illness and a diagnosed stomach ailment? The school's argument was bunk! Depression can be debilitating and for some hard to treat. Our daughter acted more like a male with depression-anger, acting out, so she didn't spend a lot of time in bed. She did not want to go to school-it was too much, too boring and the social games wre too tough.</p><p></p><p> I do remember a girl at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) my daughter went to that said she was addicted to her depression. It offended me when the group therapist said it is common. In this program we brought 2 girls home every night with our daughter once she was an old comer. This girl came to our home several times and talked to me about this. She said she got to stay home and sleep and not take responsibility for school and pretend the pressure was off. She knew her mother couldn't control her. They did find the right medications. for her and they kicked her bum every day in this program and made her face her issues, she is doing great today. But the pressure of school was big for her and my daughter. For my girl not worth the fight-thus the GED and she is done a year and a half early. Not what I dreamed for her-but the new GED is tough and colleges know it. She has a scholarship to the local community college and with her high scores she can get into a university should she choose to.</p><p></p><p>You moved her to a charter school, so you are really trying to find the right place (we did that too-didn't work). Get a new therapist-just how the heck does she expect you to get your girl to school? Bribery? Wheel barrow? Violence? Humiliation? (We tried all but the wheel barrow-none felt good, none were right, and none worked). If she can't help your daughter be accountable and begin to move through her depression (that is if she has had enough time and if the right medications. are in place) and give you some solutions, she isn't your person. Would a stay at a good psychiatric hospital. be helpful? Sometime those guys get right on it. (Sometimes they don't-we have had both things happen). I think failing an entire quarter is a big deal esp. when the load is so much less. Just wondering?</p><p></p><p>I don't know what to say about the psychiatric. There are so few out there and I personally think only a few that get the medication thing. Most of the good medication. guys here are actually at the psychiatric hospital. at the university here.</p><p></p><p>As for the teachers-I am one but, I got to tell you, I have little respect for many. My kids both got the short stick-even here in the district where I teach. A 504 plan became an enforcement nighmare-noone made the accomodations . My daughter was singled out and held to higher standards because I taught in her school. I get it. Our system is not for all the kids. Kids with medical issues (I include mental health), are very affected by the rigidity and the protection of the funds. I could write a book about this, I will shut up.</p><p></p><p>Please ask questions and keep us posted. A big hug to you both!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 491088, member: 11001"] Welcome and good for you for making the first move to post. I hope you will find comfort and help here as I have. You are not alone. While my daughter's issues are different, we went through many similar issues starting at 14. She too is gifted. She had all kinds of stomach issues (actually diagnosed with IBS) and migraines. Now that she has her GED and is out of school and residential treatments-we seldom are having these issues. I actually do think our bodies are very connected to our brains. I do think that they play off of each other. I also believe that the brain is a human organ and it gets sick. What is the difference between mental illness and a diagnosed stomach ailment? The school's argument was bunk! Depression can be debilitating and for some hard to treat. Our daughter acted more like a male with depression-anger, acting out, so she didn't spend a lot of time in bed. She did not want to go to school-it was too much, too boring and the social games wre too tough. I do remember a girl at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) my daughter went to that said she was addicted to her depression. It offended me when the group therapist said it is common. In this program we brought 2 girls home every night with our daughter once she was an old comer. This girl came to our home several times and talked to me about this. She said she got to stay home and sleep and not take responsibility for school and pretend the pressure was off. She knew her mother couldn't control her. They did find the right medications. for her and they kicked her bum every day in this program and made her face her issues, she is doing great today. But the pressure of school was big for her and my daughter. For my girl not worth the fight-thus the GED and she is done a year and a half early. Not what I dreamed for her-but the new GED is tough and colleges know it. She has a scholarship to the local community college and with her high scores she can get into a university should she choose to. You moved her to a charter school, so you are really trying to find the right place (we did that too-didn't work). Get a new therapist-just how the heck does she expect you to get your girl to school? Bribery? Wheel barrow? Violence? Humiliation? (We tried all but the wheel barrow-none felt good, none were right, and none worked). If she can't help your daughter be accountable and begin to move through her depression (that is if she has had enough time and if the right medications. are in place) and give you some solutions, she isn't your person. Would a stay at a good psychiatric hospital. be helpful? Sometime those guys get right on it. (Sometimes they don't-we have had both things happen). I think failing an entire quarter is a big deal esp. when the load is so much less. Just wondering? I don't know what to say about the psychiatric. There are so few out there and I personally think only a few that get the medication thing. Most of the good medication. guys here are actually at the psychiatric hospital. at the university here. As for the teachers-I am one but, I got to tell you, I have little respect for many. My kids both got the short stick-even here in the district where I teach. A 504 plan became an enforcement nighmare-noone made the accomodations . My daughter was singled out and held to higher standards because I taught in her school. I get it. Our system is not for all the kids. Kids with medical issues (I include mental health), are very affected by the rigidity and the protection of the funds. I could write a book about this, I will shut up. Please ask questions and keep us posted. A big hug to you both! [/QUOTE]
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