support for parents of mentally ill adults

I know some of you are going thru worse issues than I am, however, I'm not coping well at the moment due to what's going on here. I cry all the time, and I have thoughts that just don't want to live anymore. We let my son take the car to find a job tonight and as he was leaving, I saw he was...

I've been thinking of my difficult child lately, not like I've ever stopped, but wondered how other parents handled or thought about this. Our situation is unique right now because our difficult child is involved with CPS and her son is in foster care. The CPS caseworkers, investigators and generally everyone there...

I was just doing a routine check of my bank account online today because this weekend is tax free and I want to get a new computer so I was checking my balance. It seemed a tad low to me so I was looking at the transactions kind of closely and noticed that the check numbers were out of order...

I came home from work yesterday and noticed some odd things...out of place or moved. Long story short, all my gold and diamond jewelry along with some pieces that belonged to my mother is missing. Nothing else was disturbed. Whoever did this went straight for the jewelry. Kindles, cameras...

As per the advise of "Midwest Mom" I will post this here. by the way: I added some more information from the original post. I live in NY with my Husband and 18 year old Daughter. She has gotten so out of control that I am seeking out my options. She has stolen from us, gotten physical with us and...

My daughter is here for a while to rest and recoup and get some medical attention (she never sleeps and has racing thoughts). She is a very articulate, bright young woman with a lot of insight into herself, and knows that she suffers from depression, sometimes deep depression. She can draw and...

Hello, I have only posted here a couple of times a few months ago. My 18 year old son's most recent diagnosis is Bipolar Disorder. I know he has not been doing drugs or drinking because they did a full blood workup (tested for all drugs and alchohol) when he was admitted to the hospital in...

I watched my son walk away yesterday after having police assistance removing him from his grandmother's home. He isn't supposed to be there due to a volatile past with her. It killed me to see him walk down the street with everything he owns in a backpack. He kissed me on my cheek before he left...

Will try to make this short. Our adult bio super easy child married son lives in a city three to four hours away with his wife and son (toddler). difficult child is rarely invited to this area because of her crazy behaviors. She never is invited to holidays. She has almost been for Xmas, but inevitably right before...

Another heading to this thread may have been "They Sure Know How to Pick 'Em." 36 called me at maybe 1:20 am this morning (is this a difficult child thing)? He was lucky I was sort of awake. I got worried that maybe something happened to his son so I picked it up and I was wrong...he apologized for calling...

Hello, I'm glad to have found this forum. I am a mom of three sons. My youngest is 22 and has aspd. I really need help, support, and a lot of strength to figure out what to do and how to go about it. Let me start by saying I am a Christian and because of many of my beliefs the lines have become...

Marcie

Well I'd hoped to never need to post again (rap boy is what I called my son in previous years because he wants to be a rapper) but our son tried to commit suicide while at college. He was doing so well, honor roll even. But he lost his scholarship, took 5 classes instead of 4, was always broke...

I have tried lately to have my son admitted inpatient by our local hospital crisis screener(after prior years of inpatient) because he is 17 1/2, out there with untreated bi-polar and ODD and using pot. I took him in December for a screening and showed them all my documentation,they took a...

I've been checkin in occasionally, lurking and seeking a bit of help in the SSI forum. Now thought it was time I updated you all. C has been out of prison since July. So much has happened and I thought it was going pretty well up to this past week. Here it is in a nutshell: The Good: He went...

Hello All- (thanks to Midwest Mom and recoveringenabler, I started a new thread)..:-)..I just signed on for the first time after goggling 'kicked 19 yo son out' and this link came up...I'm so broken hearted...I first read Kittycat's message and thought she was describing our son to a T...we just...

This is my first post. I do not know if I'm posting in the correct spot. My difficult child, daughter, age 27 is like a rogue wave that just keeps on pounding. I feel absolutely defeated, worn out and without hope. Her diagnosis is currently mood disorder, migraines and possibly partial seizure...

Wow - Matt just opened up, and pretty much caught me off guard, over his battle with agoraphobia. I was getting on him, and mad, because he is not making steps towards a job, or classes - and he just exploded. After about 20 minutes of seething rage, he turned the conversation back to being...

difficult child 1 is living with my sis, I told her (sis) that it was her choice but, she would not stay here. Her response was I can't stand knowing that ANYONE is sleeping in a park. I just shrugged and left it alone! We have may VERY clear boundaries with difficult child 1. You can call from here to here and come...

difficult child-S is so happy. Several friends have commented on just how happy S is. Do to the new computer system our insurance put in, you can't pay for co-pays or medications. They have to send you the bill. So, imagine my surprise when I got difficult child-S's bill for the last three months and the only thing on...