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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 634073" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>SB, just thinking of you, and hoping you are having a better day today. I read this thread quickly but was immersed in my own dramatic health care crisis event with difficult child. Who would ever think? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When I read this the first time, I smiled. You are funny and wry in the midst of a crisis. That is how they have taught us to be, right? We hear them say something, and our computer-like brains analyze and factor it in, testing for weaknesses and inaccuracies. They have taught us well, and slowly, we start to learn. Now, that type of skepticism is almost automatic. We won't know the truth from them if we EVER do hear it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh yes. I heard that one too. difficult child took 30 Lortab within about 36 hours, evidently. Then yesterday spent the day trying to get more from the Dr. She never called. Fancy that. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interestingly, difficult child is still going to work, even with the "incredible pain." I think he's motivated by the need to get the funds to get girlfriend out of jail, but the fact remains, he is going. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>SB, as you already know, the real problem...the "real problem"...isn't the truck or the girlfriend or the friend dying or the knife. The real problem is their diagnosis that is untreated, whether it's substance abuse or another mental illness. </p><p></p><p>That is the real problem.</p><p></p><p>Everything else is just details.</p><p></p><p>Evidently, in Texas, there is a state-funded alternative to jail, the CTTC (terryforvols talks about her daughter being there on another thread). It sounds great. That is what many of our difficult children need, a forced time of treatment that is holistic. It might not do the trick, but it would be positive for them to be immersed in recovery and treatment for a long time, instead of merely incarcerated or homeless.</p><p></p><p>One day our country will go to that instead of warehousing people who are mentally ill. It will likely be too late for many of our adult kids.</p><p></p><p>SB, I hope you are finding peace in the midst of the maelstrom. We can find it, if we look hard enough. Warm hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 634073, member: 17542"] SB, just thinking of you, and hoping you are having a better day today. I read this thread quickly but was immersed in my own dramatic health care crisis event with difficult child. Who would ever think? When I read this the first time, I smiled. You are funny and wry in the midst of a crisis. That is how they have taught us to be, right? We hear them say something, and our computer-like brains analyze and factor it in, testing for weaknesses and inaccuracies. They have taught us well, and slowly, we start to learn. Now, that type of skepticism is almost automatic. We won't know the truth from them if we EVER do hear it. Oh yes. I heard that one too. difficult child took 30 Lortab within about 36 hours, evidently. Then yesterday spent the day trying to get more from the Dr. She never called. Fancy that. Interestingly, difficult child is still going to work, even with the "incredible pain." I think he's motivated by the need to get the funds to get girlfriend out of jail, but the fact remains, he is going. SB, as you already know, the real problem...the "real problem"...isn't the truck or the girlfriend or the friend dying or the knife. The real problem is their diagnosis that is untreated, whether it's substance abuse or another mental illness. That is the real problem. Everything else is just details. Evidently, in Texas, there is a state-funded alternative to jail, the CTTC (terryforvols talks about her daughter being there on another thread). It sounds great. That is what many of our difficult children need, a forced time of treatment that is holistic. It might not do the trick, but it would be positive for them to be immersed in recovery and treatment for a long time, instead of merely incarcerated or homeless. One day our country will go to that instead of warehousing people who are mentally ill. It will likely be too late for many of our adult kids. SB, I hope you are finding peace in the midst of the maelstrom. We can find it, if we look hard enough. Warm hugs. [/QUOTE]
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