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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 243566" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Hi Mara and welcome "home". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p> </p><p>I wish I had some advice or suggestions, but I'm in the same sinking boat right now. I agree with Suz that the collection of behaviors suggest possibly something more going on (mood disorder would be my bias - but only my bias based on my own kid), but of course compliance and cooperation with treatment are just way too much to expect.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child will be 18 in less than a month now, and I feel like we're standing on the brink of a bottomless pit. I wish I knew how to get our kids connected with their own lives - but it seems impossible at the moment. I honestly didn't think this is where we'd be after 15 years of therapy, 9 years of out-of-home placement, medications, hospitalizations, etc. Somehow I just thought it would have turned out better.</p><p> </p><p>You're not alone. I have such fear (ok, terror actually) over what my kid is doing to himself (drugs, self-harm), and the frustration at not being able to do a doggone thing about is just about killing me. I would think your son's diabetic issues only magnify your fears, rightly - I'm so sorry that you're going thru this.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know what the answer is, or even if there is one. For today anyway, my plan is to keep reaching out to folks in similar situations so that husband and I are supported (first NA mtg is tomorrow nite), and keep trying to gently point my kid in a better direction while raising the alarm (daily, LOL) with the various agencies involved in his care. </p><p> </p><p>Anyway - welcome back! Glad you found us again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 243566, member: 8"] Hi Mara and welcome "home". ;) I wish I had some advice or suggestions, but I'm in the same sinking boat right now. I agree with Suz that the collection of behaviors suggest possibly something more going on (mood disorder would be my bias - but only my bias based on my own kid), but of course compliance and cooperation with treatment are just way too much to expect. My difficult child will be 18 in less than a month now, and I feel like we're standing on the brink of a bottomless pit. I wish I knew how to get our kids connected with their own lives - but it seems impossible at the moment. I honestly didn't think this is where we'd be after 15 years of therapy, 9 years of out-of-home placement, medications, hospitalizations, etc. Somehow I just thought it would have turned out better. You're not alone. I have such fear (ok, terror actually) over what my kid is doing to himself (drugs, self-harm), and the frustration at not being able to do a doggone thing about is just about killing me. I would think your son's diabetic issues only magnify your fears, rightly - I'm so sorry that you're going thru this. I don't know what the answer is, or even if there is one. For today anyway, my plan is to keep reaching out to folks in similar situations so that husband and I are supported (first NA mtg is tomorrow nite), and keep trying to gently point my kid in a better direction while raising the alarm (daily, LOL) with the various agencies involved in his care. Anyway - welcome back! Glad you found us again. :) [/QUOTE]
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