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I gotta tell you, I got a lot of grey hairs from that kid. And I spent some nights in emergency rooms. But she made it. 'Nuff said.

She is actually doing well. And, instead of hurting herself when she is depressed (she is bipolar) she can now contact her health team and ask to be admitted. And she has actually built herself a life. She has been married for a few years now and she is employed part-time. Mind, she is herself...

Copabana's post was excellent. To my surprise, my son became an honest man after dealing with the courts. Because he was young and it was a first offense he qualified for diversion, but it took him several months to pay off his fine. I do not know what they said to him: the judge spoke to him...

When I was potty training my son, I also used to give him a piece of candy every time he used the toilet. The problem in this case would be that it sounds like his Mother works? When my kids were small I used to work weekends while my husband worked week days. I am wondering if the young man...

Oh, yes. It is the boy she dated she broke up with, not the young man she married. She has been married for 3 years, now

Newstart I think that many people with bipolar hold themselves to standards that they can never meet. No matter how hard they try they WILL have periods of mood swings, and it is no use thinking that they are bad people because they had a tantrum out of something insignificant. I suspect that is...

Barbaro, if my son was making a daily mess in the bathroom I would give him a piece of candy + "well done!" for every day he did NOT leave a mess. Kids on the Autistic spectrum enjoy perks as much as any kid does: however what they regard as a reward may be different from most kids. For my kid...

My bipolar daughter lied constantly as a teen. Now that she is in her mid-20's the lies have become rare. She still has a quick temper but she only gets angry about nothing when she is cycling: it is as though she feels angry and assumes she is angry because of xyz, but in reality she is angry...

Helpless29, 7 years ago my own son was put into the Diversion program as a first offender and it ended up being a good thing for him. The authorities seriously were trying to guide him. My own efforts did not succeed but their efforts did, partly because they were not the Mom. I had warned him...

Heather, my own son is on the Autistic spectrum, so I thought that I would share what helped my son. Basically, my son would try to be perfect but NOBODY can be perfect, and that goes double for the little ones. So, when he could no longer be perfect he would lose it, cry, yell, and generally...

Gentle hugs from KAnsas! I have no advice, but my hyperactive daughter is also showing signs of strain: it is due to the COVID I know that my adult daughter is only mildly ADHD, but even so she is about to jump out of her skin with this COVID thing. She feels confined because she stays inside...

My son who has Asperger's syndrome LOVES having his own apartment. He flat out loves it. It is a section 8 apartment, and it took 18 months to get him into it. The motto in my state is "a decent place to live", and that about sums it up. It is an older unit in good repair, has 2 bedrooms and a...

Thank you, I have passed those sites on to my daughter. My daughter is 27, and I am pretty sure she knows the risks. She has been working closely with this girl's case worker, and he appears to be pretty good. HE has approved of everything my daughter has done. There is very little legal risk...

The PAST! One year ago My daughter is doing well at this point. However, she and her husband were at an anime' festival when she saw a very young woman in a potentially dangerous situation with an abusive boyfriend, and they stepped in. To make a long story short the security threw the abusive...

I asked my daughter what she meant by distracting herself from psychosis. She replied that she is of the opinion that movies use the same part of her brain as the part that is causing psychosis, so she watches movies. She favors horror flicks (not hardcore horror, more like "The nightmare before...

Is there any reason why you cannot take her to a shelter next week?

Like many people with bipolar, my daughters symptoms come and go. And, no medications work for very long with her, but fortunately she is stable more often than she is ill. She says she finds it easier to deal with the symptoms if she assigns personalities to them. So, she says that psychosis is like...

Lynn, I just want to give you a hug. I do understand. My daughter was stuck as well. She eventually got herself un-stuck by moving in with an on-line friend, and it turned out very badly. I have no advice to give. I do not know what the answer is. I do want to say that this will change, and in...

Too tired to think, I really do understand. My sister in law was in a similar fix. When she was homeless, she had access to the food pantry, the homeless shelter, friends sofas, she got disability payments, she worked for short periods of time, and that was just what we knew of. The family was NOT her...

Californiablond, you rock. You really do. It reminds me of that old saw "I prayed for strength so that I could do great things, but I was given weakness so I could do better things". You were there for this child and I salute you! ............................................................ My...