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Mom--Did the psychiatrist act like it was all your fault?
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby96" data-source="post: 338664" data-attributes="member: 3922"><p>wow... it's funny (funny, ironic not funny, amusing) that you should bring this up because I was just talking to a friend about this very thing. </p><p></p><p>From early on, I know something wasn't "normal" with Tuna. But, I kept on reading my parenting books, listening to my parenting tapes, and doing everything a good little Christian mommy is supposed to do. But, it wasn't working. I'd talk to the pediatrician about it, and he'd just say "it's normal, I guess you have a strong willed child." So, I was left to believe that it was all my fault, my parenting, my issues. I've struggled with depression my whole life, so at one point I did think that it was just me. </p><p></p><p>But, other people started to see what we were seeing at home and, when she started school she couldn't cope. I was so thankful for a diagnosis... for someone to tell me it wasn't my fault, it wasn't my parenting, it wasn't all in my head. I know it sounds terrible, to wish for your child to have a mental illness, but it brought me so much relief. Until people questioned, doubted & outright said they didn't believe the diagnosis. Excuse me, what?!?!?!</p><p></p><p>It saddens me how much stigma there is still attached to mental illness and other disorders. But, I try to remember that we have it so much better than even my parents' generation. When my sis was a kid, it was awful!! She didn't get diagnosis BiPolar (BP) til after a 911 call landed her in an IP treatment center for a week. She went her whole childhood with-o treatment, and my parents had no support from the medical community. So, as much as those judgmental and/or incompetent providers frustrate me, I try to be thankful that I live in a time & place where treatment is available. (-:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby96, post: 338664, member: 3922"] wow... it's funny (funny, ironic not funny, amusing) that you should bring this up because I was just talking to a friend about this very thing. From early on, I know something wasn't "normal" with Tuna. But, I kept on reading my parenting books, listening to my parenting tapes, and doing everything a good little Christian mommy is supposed to do. But, it wasn't working. I'd talk to the pediatrician about it, and he'd just say "it's normal, I guess you have a strong willed child." So, I was left to believe that it was all my fault, my parenting, my issues. I've struggled with depression my whole life, so at one point I did think that it was just me. But, other people started to see what we were seeing at home and, when she started school she couldn't cope. I was so thankful for a diagnosis... for someone to tell me it wasn't my fault, it wasn't my parenting, it wasn't all in my head. I know it sounds terrible, to wish for your child to have a mental illness, but it brought me so much relief. Until people questioned, doubted & outright said they didn't believe the diagnosis. Excuse me, what?!?!?! It saddens me how much stigma there is still attached to mental illness and other disorders. But, I try to remember that we have it so much better than even my parents' generation. When my sis was a kid, it was awful!! She didn't get diagnosis BiPolar (BP) til after a 911 call landed her in an IP treatment center for a week. She went her whole childhood with-o treatment, and my parents had no support from the medical community. So, as much as those judgmental and/or incompetent providers frustrate me, I try to be thankful that I live in a time & place where treatment is available. (-: [/QUOTE]
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