Thanks!
Yeah, it was pretty rough. I love that things have changed!

That's not too terrible. Of course, I would only ever hope for it to improve, but it's definitely not to bad in the scheme of things. I can say I've been lower than 80 before.

Sending love!
~April

Thanks, pumpkin!

Merry Christmas, babe!!!
♥

I picked your entry to ready because my daughter is going through life not knowing what is wrong with her. She has been and out of placements, foster homes, mental hospitals, ect.. since she has been eight years old and she is 17 in a few days. She is in a Residential treatment facility right now. She has been on all kinds of meds and nothing seems to work they just seem to make her worse health wise. I am very scared that she won't be able to make it in the community and get a job and live a happy life. She is the sweetest person and she can be the devil in about 30 seconds. I love her and support her. I am trying to find someone that has had problems and is living a nice life. I don't know what I am looking for actually. I just want my daughter to be happy and be able to live and love and grow.

I've been ill for most of my life, and haven't found out what was actually wrong until a little over a year ago. I went to an actual psychologist to find out. Knowing what my problem is makes everything A LOT easier.

I've been in a psychiatric hospital a couple of times and found that they don't really help at all. They do prevent people from committing suicide, but only temporarily; they do little to find out what makes the individual suicidal in the first place. That's the problem with hospitals, and they, therefore, allow people to be hospitalized again and again.

When I first started therapy, I was working with a social worker. She couldn't help me and neither could the caregivers at the hospitals because they weren't equipped to treat such psychological problems. They can only help to a certain extent. I find that trying to seek adequate help from them is frustrating and useless. I'm not too fond of free clinics either. I figured that psychologists are more competent and thorough in treating psychological problems, and of course, they are the experts.

Receiving treatment from a psychologist can be expensive, but I believe it's worth it. Not all psychologists will be helpful, but with severe or complicated cases psych hospitals and social workers aren't gonna do the trick.

I think that residential treatment facilities are pretty good since they tend to have real doctors who are willing to help. There are probably other patients there who could relate to your daughter, which could help her to not feel so alone or like no one understands her.

A good support system could help tremendously, too. It helped me to know that I had some people that I could turn to. It all took some time, but it's very valuable in the end. I hope things work out for the best for you and your daughter. I know it has to hurt to watch her go through all this.