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Woke up to find a note from difficult child:
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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 552718" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>Janet,</p><p>Thanks! You are lucky to get that deal!</p><p></p><p>Nancy,</p><p>When she was a senior in HS her therapist suspected BiPolar (BP) and I took her to a psychiatrist recommended by her therapist AND by a counselor at her school. I think if she'd continued seeing, it would have been different but I think she stopped when t was early enough in the emergence of what I am about 90% conviniced is bi-polar - that a definitive diagnosis could not be made. He did say that ADHD almost never exists in a vaccuum and that we were most likely dealing with some other condition. She stopped going at 18. </p><p></p><p>The mood swings are hapening with greater frequency and intensity, and she seems to completely lack any kind of cause/effect conscience and also lacks empathy...except when it benefits her to appear empathetic. </p><p></p><p>She is now declaring (on Tumblr, which she thinks I don't know about) that she is gay. Yes, my difficult child who has chased boys since pre-school - to the pojnt where parents called me and moms kept their kids away from her ... the same girl who has planned to marry (sometimes even with dates set) the last half dozen or so boyfriends ... now declares that she has always been a lesbian.</p><p></p><p>She went out last night with enabling friend, S, and two others to a gay bar. She supposedly has a new "love" but I've never heard her mention this girl and I'm pretty sure she lives out of state.</p><p></p><p>She's been horrid to the poor, suffering boyfriend (whom she completely blindsided). She's getting a ton of attention in her online world for her grand "coming out". She hasn't informed me, but I plan to simply shrug and give it not noe ounce of attention. For one thing, she's not sincere aoout this at all and - on behalf of the real gays and lesbians of the world - if frankly ticks me off. For another thing, I will not feed the attention monster when it comes to this. </p><p></p><p>I will be there for her and I hope and pray that she will get help before damaging any other human beings, but I cannot do a darned thing. </p><p></p><p>Today she will be job hunting...which of course she won't be. I have another full day of photo shoots tomorrow and I am going to send her over to where my studio used to be (I still own 1/2 the building, God help me for that dumb move) where she will spend the day cleaning up the weeds around the parking log. </p><p></p><p>I do think she was sincere when she wrote the note. I know her dark moods are real - just as her manic moods are real to her. But what I cannot deal with right now is her, in either state, hanging around here not working while I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 552718, member: 9175"] Janet, Thanks! You are lucky to get that deal! Nancy, When she was a senior in HS her therapist suspected BiPolar (BP) and I took her to a psychiatrist recommended by her therapist AND by a counselor at her school. I think if she'd continued seeing, it would have been different but I think she stopped when t was early enough in the emergence of what I am about 90% conviniced is bi-polar - that a definitive diagnosis could not be made. He did say that ADHD almost never exists in a vaccuum and that we were most likely dealing with some other condition. She stopped going at 18. The mood swings are hapening with greater frequency and intensity, and she seems to completely lack any kind of cause/effect conscience and also lacks empathy...except when it benefits her to appear empathetic. She is now declaring (on Tumblr, which she thinks I don't know about) that she is gay. Yes, my difficult child who has chased boys since pre-school - to the pojnt where parents called me and moms kept their kids away from her ... the same girl who has planned to marry (sometimes even with dates set) the last half dozen or so boyfriends ... now declares that she has always been a lesbian. She went out last night with enabling friend, S, and two others to a gay bar. She supposedly has a new "love" but I've never heard her mention this girl and I'm pretty sure she lives out of state. She's been horrid to the poor, suffering boyfriend (whom she completely blindsided). She's getting a ton of attention in her online world for her grand "coming out". She hasn't informed me, but I plan to simply shrug and give it not noe ounce of attention. For one thing, she's not sincere aoout this at all and - on behalf of the real gays and lesbians of the world - if frankly ticks me off. For another thing, I will not feed the attention monster when it comes to this. I will be there for her and I hope and pray that she will get help before damaging any other human beings, but I cannot do a darned thing. Today she will be job hunting...which of course she won't be. I have another full day of photo shoots tomorrow and I am going to send her over to where my studio used to be (I still own 1/2 the building, God help me for that dumb move) where she will spend the day cleaning up the weeds around the parking log. I do think she was sincere when she wrote the note. I know her dark moods are real - just as her manic moods are real to her. But what I cannot deal with right now is her, in either state, hanging around here not working while I am. [/QUOTE]
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