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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 326265" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Laura - you've been given good advice. As a mom of a runner, with bipolar plus a bit of this & that mixed I want you to know I understand. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I know your exhaustion. I'd like to offer you some very basic ideas:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">1. Any physical aggression, threats against herself, or others contact 911 & ask for transport of a mentally ill child to the nearest ER. The important words are "mentally ill child". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">2. Stop staying up all night to protect her from herself. If she runs, you'll know. She'll make sure that you know. At that point you can take action - don't lose sleep over it. You'll not be functioning at optimum levels if you continue to do this.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">3. The agencies may not have failed you; unless/until you trust you mom's gut instinct & work with them to form an effective intervention plan (Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) skills, therapy) plus a crisis plan. You & you alone will have to work to form a team that will not quit. Trust me I know & have a team of 13 for wm & 8 for kt. It took me years to put together a cohesive team.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">4. Take the time while your difficult child is in the hospital (or Residential Treatment Center (RTC)) to rest. This is the time to reconnect with husband & your easy child. You cannot miss out on the rest of your family while difficult child drains the life's blood out of you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Please don't take this as a criticism - I've lived this with my tweedles. My difficult children, bless their li'l pea picking hearts, will do their best to guilt me, manipulate, act the poor orphan plus all their "antics" til the cows come home.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 326265, member: 393"] [SIZE=3]Laura - you've been given good advice. As a mom of a runner, with bipolar plus a bit of this & that mixed I want you to know I understand. I know your exhaustion. I'd like to offer you some very basic ideas: 1. Any physical aggression, threats against herself, or others contact 911 & ask for transport of a mentally ill child to the nearest ER. The important words are "mentally ill child". 2. Stop staying up all night to protect her from herself. If she runs, you'll know. She'll make sure that you know. At that point you can take action - don't lose sleep over it. You'll not be functioning at optimum levels if you continue to do this. 3. The agencies may not have failed you; unless/until you trust you mom's gut instinct & work with them to form an effective intervention plan (Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) skills, therapy) plus a crisis plan. You & you alone will have to work to form a team that will not quit. Trust me I know & have a team of 13 for wm & 8 for kt. It took me years to put together a cohesive team. 4. Take the time while your difficult child is in the hospital (or Residential Treatment Center (RTC)) to rest. This is the time to reconnect with husband & your easy child. You cannot miss out on the rest of your family while difficult child drains the life's blood out of you. Please don't take this as a criticism - I've lived this with my tweedles. My difficult children, bless their li'l pea picking hearts, will do their best to guilt me, manipulate, act the poor orphan plus all their "antics" til the cows come home. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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