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Post by daisy on Jan 26, 2017 15:18:42 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this is happening with your daughter. Depression and bi-polar run rampant in my family and my oldest had a major depressive episode when she was around 14. We ended up in the ER because it became a critical situation and she spent a few days in a facility and was on meds and in therapy for quite a few years before she stabilized. It's a horrible thing to be a helpless mama in that situation so I understand a bit of how you feel. I hope she finds the help she needs to feel better soon.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 26, 2017 15:31:08 GMT -5
Please bare with me as I want to get as much info out there in case any other parent needs it so this post my not be perfectly written.
A little while ago I posted that something maybe be wrong with my daughter because Scarlett was coming to me a bit bedraggled. Her clothes not so clean and her hair not brushed. Clue number 1.
She is also my social butterfly and would be gone all day. I noticed that was not happening as much.
She would sound a bit frantic when describing all she had to do on her days of (ie overwhelmed) where as before she just got them done.
Excessive drinking.
And of course as I was preparing to write this I have forgotten a few things that I wanted to say but I will add them when I remember.
These things don't come to you all at once, at least for me they didn't it was kind of a puzzle that just didn't have all the pieces. Plus she was telling me she wasn't feeling well etc
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 26, 2017 15:39:29 GMT -5
ARH just lost my post.
She's in a day stay program that meets 9 - 2 for 7 to 10 days. After finding out about the day stay program we thought it would be a good fit for her so we are very glad she was reffered to it. She's met the coordinator and she text me that she liked her !! I really think this is/was a chemical thing as there was nothing situational about it unless she was repressing from the last few years.
Cassie was not suicidal nor was there any suicidal idealation, but I have no doubt that the potentional was there for the future if she wasn't taken care of.
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Post by souldoubt on Jan 26, 2017 15:57:29 GMT -5
Good for you for being proactive about it. Any time I've come across a situation where someone gets to the point where they attempt suicide or even threaten it there were always signs that come out after the fact that were ignored. As the saying goes hindsight is 20/20 but in the last few years my better half had a family member who committed suicide and this was within a day of his mom signing him out of a program against the wishes of the doctors and other family members who knew everything that had gone on. Another friend of mine ended up being committed in his early 20's when he made a threat that his parents thankfully took as serious. He got the help he needed, learned a lot about himself from it and has gone on to be quite successful and happy.
Good luck.
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Post by dee27 on Jan 26, 2017 17:24:08 GMT -5
I am very glad that your daughter, with your help, found a solution that will help with her depression. Here's a that therapy will lessen her anxiety and allow her to enjoy life as she did before.
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Post by finnime on Jan 27, 2017 22:02:49 GMT -5
So glad to see your daughter is getting help. Things will get better.
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Post by busymom on Jan 27, 2017 22:16:21 GMT -5
The day program sounds great! Wishing all of you continued success.
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Post by tallguy on Jan 27, 2017 22:39:19 GMT -5
It may be premature if medications and therapy will work, but if you have access to speak with the doctor who examines her you may wish to at least ask about the prospect of ECT and whether it would be suitable for her. I know someone who had good results with it, so it may be an option. You can do some reading at the link. Good luck.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 27, 2017 23:03:49 GMT -5
She's depressed. Very definitely premature. I'll focus my info gathering from the experts at this extremely, extremely, very early stage but that is the second time ECT has come into play today lol
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