support for parents of mentally ill adults

Well I guess I need to vent! I am so tired of fighting:knockedout: for my son's FAPE! He is a pretty good difficult child! He keeps curfew (even comes home early three times in a row) and doesn't self medicate, is medication complaint, attends psychiatric family counseling and support group. His social friends...

I started this thread in the general forum and was told it would be better to use this forum. Bottom line: my 43 year old son has been dependent on me forever. He lives in CO and I live in MD. I got him a phone so he could stay in touch but he "lost" it for the umpteenth time. I finally took...

Feeling okay now, but it seems every day between about 10AM-2PM I am in a plan old funk. Difficult to feel joy and hope. I am just needing to put some stuff out there, and there's always the chance somebody will come hold my hand again. As far as husband and I know, gfg32 has arrived at his...

Hi all, here's my story: I just found this forum after searching all over the internet, trying to find out how to cope with walking away from an adult child. So I m new here. My difficult child will be 23yo this year. Four months ago she was married, has two kids, a home, a car, a job. AS of this weekend...

I actually posted this on the General Board a few days ago. I was told that here it where I need to be regarding my adult child. I have cried more tears in the last few days than I have in my entire life. I have gotten up 2 days in a row to first get on the computer and check our local jail to...

Hi all, It's been awhile, and fortunately I don't have too much to update you all on. For those who remember, my difficult child would not our condition of treatment, so I shipped him on a plane to his dad's (3 day drive). I was cautiously optimistic as his dad and i have never seen eye to eye and he left...

Serious help needed!18 yr old, now what? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am sooooo tired of being a mother to my 18yo. I know by the time you are done reading this you will think I am a horrible person. But I am sitting her crying and...

Well I need some more wisdom from everyone here. My son is now going to outpatient meetings 3 times a week for 3 hours each. He is living at home. I dont know if he is really serious or not. It is very hard for him during the day because he has no medicine to help him. He is on probation...

Hi Everyone, just thought I'd give an update on the difficult children. difficult child 1 has the new baby, Liam, and he is now 6 weeks old. I have one picture of him that she sent from her phone to mine but he looks real cute, looks a lot like my own babies. She has more "real" pics in the mail to me now. She seems...

I haven't posted in a while about difficult child because of pcdaughter's departure, so I thought I would update you. He has been working since the end of June--almost 8 weeks now. He is cooking in a restaurant on "restaurant row" about 20 miles away. It is a small upscale hamburger joint. He loves...

Just when I thought difficult child#2 and wife might be getting ready for a peaceful few weeks.... They were fighting on Thursday. She brought the kids to my house. I noticed she had a bruise by her eye. I asked her about it because difficult child has, in spite of his bad temper, been very careful never to do...

difficult child is out of rehab (38 days clean now, he says) and I'm a little unsure of this new mix of things. But I can say this......difficult child seems waaaaaay different right now. PRO --- difficult child definitely seems different. Much calmer demeanor, more accountable, changing his behaviors, taking some early signs...

Ok, so this is happening RIGHT now so forgive me. My daughter always picks loser boyfriends. Here's the problem, after the honeymoon stage is over and she slowly finds out who they really are, the next six months are full of literal crying like a god **** baby! She cries, and cries and cries...

Today is difficult child's 20th birthday. I truly can't believe 20 years have gone by since he was born. Although I was young when I had difficult child, it was a happy time for us. My mom was very active in our lives and absolutely adored difficult child. She has since passed, leaving us with a huge void in our family. I have...

So, difficult child calls me this afternoon and says that the place they were staying didn't work out, so can he store his food at our house? Sure, I say. Didn't ask why. A few hours later he shows up with food and parks it away in the fridge. Where are you going to stay I ask? Hotels, motels, I guess. Oh...

Hi. New here. Don't even know where to start..... I guess first I want to ask if there is anyone here in a similar predicament as me? My daughter is 27, a documented genius, alma mater to our area's best gifted program (public school), and a complete underachiever. In fact, so much...

Hi al it has been a while since I've posted but many of you might remember me. difficult child 2 is out of prison and in a Group home and program that he is supposed to work for two years. Yep here we go again but maybe 3's the charm. We had a nice TG and a new grandbaby which is now why I am writing...

I used to post under Ian's Mom - I haven't visited in a while because (surprise!) life has gone through some changes but it seems to be coming around full circle. I have a 30 year old son who is diagnosed bipolar, ADD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He was diagnosed when he was 24 and is also an alcoholic. He has had numerous...

Hello and I would like to initially say I am so glad to have found this site, I have tried to Dr. Google my difficult child's perceived condition for years which only confuses, worries and ultimately does not give the answers that I am seeking which really is how do I make my child (well adult child now)...

Had another really rough night last night, spent about 8 hours in bed but only got maybe 2 hours sleep. Came to the conclusion yesterday was just a bad day, actually this has been a really rough year. Following the recommendations given here I forced myself to get into therapy for myself...