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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 298677" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Toto,</p><p></p><p>you seem to have a very good plan in mind. I know exactly what you mean about being in a good place when you (finally) get to see the psychiatrist. There's a relief, talking to something, doing something, that it makes it hard to really bring up how really hard all this is and how stressful and painful and how you need help too managing. I haven't learned very well how to remember to present all of that. Maybe just make a list of questions and concerns and highlight that one. </p><p></p><p>It is interesting, I have had almost no psychiatrist ever ask me how I was coping with it all. Yet if you think about it, we parents are on the front line and if we don't have the wherewithal to do a good job every day we are not doing our children any good. It seems like the parent's mental health, health of marriage, etc ought to be front and center as an important component of the child's mental health. But it doesn't seem to work that way. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there. There have been days when I honestly didn't know how I was going to get to the point where my kids were adults. you've got a long way to go. I wish these tdocs and psychiatrists really had a sense of what it is like to live with these kids 24/7.</p><p></p><p>hugs. </p><p>P.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 298677, member: 2322"] Toto, you seem to have a very good plan in mind. I know exactly what you mean about being in a good place when you (finally) get to see the psychiatrist. There's a relief, talking to something, doing something, that it makes it hard to really bring up how really hard all this is and how stressful and painful and how you need help too managing. I haven't learned very well how to remember to present all of that. Maybe just make a list of questions and concerns and highlight that one. It is interesting, I have had almost no psychiatrist ever ask me how I was coping with it all. Yet if you think about it, we parents are on the front line and if we don't have the wherewithal to do a good job every day we are not doing our children any good. It seems like the parent's mental health, health of marriage, etc ought to be front and center as an important component of the child's mental health. But it doesn't seem to work that way. Hang in there. There have been days when I honestly didn't know how I was going to get to the point where my kids were adults. you've got a long way to go. I wish these tdocs and psychiatrists really had a sense of what it is like to live with these kids 24/7. hugs. P. [/QUOTE]
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