support for parents of mentally ill adults

I am still dealing with the demise of my relationship with my daughter. It has been 7 months since I have seen her. Her father, my ex had promised to help me help her a d turned it into a way for him to become buddy buddy with her and gang up on me. The longer the time goes without any peace...

Gft is coming to stay with me for 1.5 weeks. I posted about this on another thread: her dad is going out of town and won't let her stay at his place while he's away. I said she was welcome here if she was willing to honor my rules and also that she'd have to come willingly ... I could not and...

I have my days. Some are good, and some are terrible. The hard thing is when they are terrible, they really are terrible. I'm wondering if anyone else is suffering from depression or anxiety after years of dealing with their difficult child? I know I'm more anxious. Having my daughter runaway, lie and...

I met difficult child for her weekly groceries, cigarettes, and gas and she asked me for a check for her psychiatrist visit tomorrow. I asked her how much and she said she needed to pay for the visit and three prescriptions. Then mental health clinic that she goes to charges on a sliding scale so difficult child pays $5 for...

difficult child continues to get slowly better and so the issue of what to do after hospitalisation arises. If nothing drastic happens, they are likely releasing him from hospital in few days after they have first poked and prodded him head to toe few more times to make sure there is no hidden...

Well, she had been doing good and fairly even with her moods on new medication. Lately she's starting to have a few more outbursts of anger easily being set off and of course always takes it out on me no matter the cause. She is seeing her new dr and therapist and mostly liking the therapist but...

Or I could have titled the thread . . . A little difficult child goes a long way. easy child left to visit friends on Christmas night and then went home from there. difficult child was here until today. I took her shopping yesterday for a winter interview outfit and a few other warm things. She was appreciative...

They are dealing with their own idiotic difficult child former friend of Mandy's. I shall do my best to explain. Its complicated. This girl...lets call her Loony because she is, is crazy as a loon. Certifiable really. About 2 and a half or 3 years ago, Cory, Mandy and I had to rush out to her mom's...

I got a call at 1:00 last night....foster dad said that our son was sleeping at the neighbors because the police had to be called. Okay WHOT? I was sick as a dog - DF took the call. Said they didn't really know what was going on - but their neighbor had called the cops on THEM (foster...

I have been wondering what all you experts think ~ Do our difficult child's inherit some of their "talents" or is it enviromental? Have a Great Day ~ Judy

difficult child is apparently in a horrible downward spiral right now. I am much more attuned to her highs and lows when I see her more frequently and when she lived with us. But she lives E at his parent's home so...not as often. But I could FEEL it in my bones...I knew it was coming. Her job is still...

Oh happy day! She got a job at Target. She'll be working in the pizza place and in the store. She claims it's permanent, full-time. We'll see about that. She was nine days from her "move out" date and I did tell her I needed to see proof: paycheck stub, ACH draft, seeing her physically in...

Or in difficult child's case, is she a substance abuser because she is mentally ill or is she mentally ill because she is a substance abuser? Here's an update to my last update . . . After we found out that difficult child forged a check when we were out of town to buy alcohol, we told her that she had to leave...

What happens when your difficult child gets out of prison? Are there programs to help them obtain mental health services? I'm asking because I'm answering requests for a non-profit organization, and we've had several caregivers asking about mental health resources for their adult children about to leave...

Okay - if HE got turned down - HOW does anyone get it? Or is this par for the course. He called today, angry, upset.....rambling about what gave him PTSD - and he was probably a jerk to the interviewer -OR she didn't belive all the stuff he was spewing (which is really too believable to...

I can't believe I found a place like this. I don't know why it took me so long. I need to read all of the posts, but I also just need to hear from you all. I am so depressed I know, and I was seeing a therapist while I was in MA, and I am going to find one here in FL. My difficult child...

Hi everyone, I have an 18 y/o son who was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 8, but in the past several years his anger has been growing and turning him into a person I don't much care for. He got his girlfriend pregnant and I am basically supporting them by paying 90% of their rent, bills, buying him a...

Before I post this update, I wanted to thank you all that have offered love and support on other threads that I've posted my situation with my difficult child. All the words of encouragement and empowerment, advice on detaching, they all seemed to be given to me at just the exact moment. difficult child and I had a...

Hi, I am new to this today....just found it. I think you are all wonderful in support and honesty of what is going on in your lives. I truly appreciate this as I need real life advice. My son, 24 years old just moved back after a few years. Too much past to bring up in my first post...

I have a 19 year old daughter who is driving me nuts and upsetting our household. I know what needs to happen but I don't know how to bring that change around in a timely fashion. 7 months ago she moved 700 miles away to live with a friend at his granny's house. That lasted for 5 months then...