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<blockquote data-quote="myohmy" data-source="post: 113203" data-attributes="member: 4475"><p>Hi back, Heather, and thank you so much for your reply. Our difficult child was adopted by my SO and his now-deceased wife when she was 3 days old. they don't know anything about her biological father -- just that he was dark-skinned. The bio-mom was drunk/drugged at a party and sadly doesn't remember who he was. B -- the difficult child -- has been difficult from day one, according to my SO. Her pediatrician diagnosis'd her with ADHD way back, and she has been on several ADHD medications, none of which satisfied her father, who doesn't want to medicate her unless he can see definite results since the side effects are unpleasant for her. The ODD was given about 2 1/2 years ago. She was also given a bipolar diagnosis, and was put on oh gee..I forgot what -- one of the BiPolar (BP) medications. The side effects were difficult and neither of them saw any difference so that went by the wayside. I am going to call the local NAMI for a psychiatrist/therapist rec but they are who I called before and got the the unhelpful counselor's rec. </p><p>In school, she is doing poorly, mainly because of not doing homework, which is a huge issue. Her resource teacher was emailing me daily with the homework but she is out on long-term sick leave -- sigh. Her behavior can be very good toward the teachers (altho I think that's changing) but she seems to be hanging around a bad crowd, and I hear a lot about her kicking other kids and them kicking her. The thing is, I don't want to step in and raise her myself. I am bipolar and have been doing fine on a good medication regime for quite awhile, but if I were to "take over," I think it might rock my boat. I am worried that her father just can't step up to the plate any more than he has. He is fed up with her (his words), and engaging with her runs his blood pressure up. He does love her and was a stay-at-home dad with her for the first several weeks. They once had a good relationship apparently.</p><p>Pam</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="myohmy, post: 113203, member: 4475"] Hi back, Heather, and thank you so much for your reply. Our difficult child was adopted by my SO and his now-deceased wife when she was 3 days old. they don't know anything about her biological father -- just that he was dark-skinned. The bio-mom was drunk/drugged at a party and sadly doesn't remember who he was. B -- the difficult child -- has been difficult from day one, according to my SO. Her pediatrician diagnosis'd her with ADHD way back, and she has been on several ADHD medications, none of which satisfied her father, who doesn't want to medicate her unless he can see definite results since the side effects are unpleasant for her. The ODD was given about 2 1/2 years ago. She was also given a bipolar diagnosis, and was put on oh gee..I forgot what -- one of the BiPolar (BP) medications. The side effects were difficult and neither of them saw any difference so that went by the wayside. I am going to call the local NAMI for a psychiatrist/therapist rec but they are who I called before and got the the unhelpful counselor's rec. In school, she is doing poorly, mainly because of not doing homework, which is a huge issue. Her resource teacher was emailing me daily with the homework but she is out on long-term sick leave -- sigh. Her behavior can be very good toward the teachers (altho I think that's changing) but she seems to be hanging around a bad crowd, and I hear a lot about her kicking other kids and them kicking her. The thing is, I don't want to step in and raise her myself. I am bipolar and have been doing fine on a good medication regime for quite awhile, but if I were to "take over," I think it might rock my boat. I am worried that her father just can't step up to the plate any more than he has. He is fed up with her (his words), and engaging with her runs his blood pressure up. He does love her and was a stay-at-home dad with her for the first several weeks. They once had a good relationship apparently. Pam [/QUOTE]
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