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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 8013" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>You poor dear! I see in your profile you're an at home mom with a young difficult child and a 2 year old and a husband that is gone much of the time. Honestly that often is a recipe for one very depressed mother, especially with the holiday stress added in. I know that the obvious answer is that if your difficult child were only stable then things would ease up for you but there is no guarantee on the timing or degree of progress in a young difficult child--most do start to improve once you find the right interventions and/or medications but in the mean time it's important to take care of YOU. If you want to spend all your time in bed (Been there, done that) then it's time to get help.</p><p></p><p>Many of our moms here have turned to counseling and often antidepressant medications even without a toddler and an absentee father. Does the coast guard have any family supports available? Are you getting a break from your 2 year old during the day and doing something just for you--lunch with a friend, library, working out--anything for mom and not just life revolving around kids? When children are very unstable it's a huge stress on a family and not many parents can handle it without extra support.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child was one of those kids who couldn't handle a lot of extra appointments on his plate, but sometimes I was just as bad. I just wanted to mention that as you weigh whether this is all helping. </p><p></p><p>This was a tough period when my difficult child was young. I was overwhelmed a lot of the time but things did improve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 8013, member: 701"] You poor dear! I see in your profile you're an at home mom with a young difficult child and a 2 year old and a husband that is gone much of the time. Honestly that often is a recipe for one very depressed mother, especially with the holiday stress added in. I know that the obvious answer is that if your difficult child were only stable then things would ease up for you but there is no guarantee on the timing or degree of progress in a young difficult child--most do start to improve once you find the right interventions and/or medications but in the mean time it's important to take care of YOU. If you want to spend all your time in bed (Been there, done that) then it's time to get help. Many of our moms here have turned to counseling and often antidepressant medications even without a toddler and an absentee father. Does the coast guard have any family supports available? Are you getting a break from your 2 year old during the day and doing something just for you--lunch with a friend, library, working out--anything for mom and not just life revolving around kids? When children are very unstable it's a huge stress on a family and not many parents can handle it without extra support. My difficult child was one of those kids who couldn't handle a lot of extra appointments on his plate, but sometimes I was just as bad. I just wanted to mention that as you weigh whether this is all helping. This was a tough period when my difficult child was young. I was overwhelmed a lot of the time but things did improve. [/QUOTE]
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