So, I forgot to mention something yesterday. One of the therapies used with my daughter was music therapy. She loves music. She sings and is self taught on several instruments (guitar, ukelele,...
Great question! My passion is music. I am a worship leader for our church's youth service (piano and singing) and I also fill in sometimes in our main worship service. I have been leading worship for...
Before we went and picked up my daughter at the behavioral in patient facility, I was a nervous wreck! Mostly anxious over how things were going to go. As soon as we got home, she disappeared to her...
Met with my daughter and her therapist today. They are adding another med to her ever increasing list (Remeron). Had a good session. The therapist really feels that her pressure on herself to be...
Oh thank you for the title! I completely spaced it!!...
My therapy session went well. Heading in to a family counseling session with my daughter and her therapist and doctor in 5 minutes. Prayers please. I'll update later tonight. Thank you all by the way...
My friend at work was worried about me and called his therapist and made me make an appt (I shouldn't say "made me"...I did it willingly). I have an appt tomorrow at 11. I am really close to...
Gettingby... I do have a 14 year old son. He is just as bright, sweet and intelligent as his sister is. He's doing ok thru the whole situation. You know how siblings are sometimes though...especially...
Broken... She is already in an inpatient facility. We found out about the self harm (plus she was talking about not wanting to live) on Tuesday. Her friend's mother called me to tell me she was...
Welcome. I am new here as well. I wish I had some answers for you. Sometimes I find if I can immerse myself in some sort of project it helps....
I understand the need to vent. I'm feeling that way as well. I'm glad we have a place where we can do that freely and get positive feedback....
I did get on the resource page and browsed one of the websites listed. It has a lot of info on it so I will continue to check it out. I also plan on Monday trying to find a therapist I can talk with....
I actually have gone to the resource page and did find the website for self injury and have looked at it a bit in my downtime. Thank you all for just listening. I'm just scared, that's all. It's like...
Began the process of going through my daughter's room. Not only trying to clean it up for her for when she gets home (she wants to rip the carpet out) but making sure she's not hiding anything else...
I have been an emotional wreck the last few days. Seeing my daughter struggling to get better in the in patient facility has been almost more than I can handle. I want her better but I want her home....
We are on our way now to have her admitted to a behavioral health facility here in town....
We are on our way to admit her to a behavioral health facility for a few days....
Gizzy.... Thank you for your advice. My daughter and I actually talked about this morning. I told her that if she wants me in there for support, I will gladly go in. But if she doesn't want me in...
BnotAfraid...thank you for the updated link. I will def check it out and have her check it out as well....
Update...daughter has an appt. with a psychologist at 2 today. Of course, her psychiatrist is on vacation until the 30th. His office referred who to the doc covering for him and after talking with...
Update... Well...my daughter's doc is on vacation until the 30th. Of course he would be...isn't that the way it usually works? Lol! The office referred her to another office of psychologists with a...
Getting by...ok...I'm having trouble finding the forum for teens. If it's the suicidalteens.com, the link doesn't work....
Angelic... Thank you. I, too, immediately thought bi-polar when she mentioned feeling impulsive. I told her all of those things are what she needs to be telling the doctor. He actually has us (my...
Getting By.. I am so sorry for the details. I had no idea the rules of the forum. I admit, I didn't even look at them before I posted. I wouldn't have known all of this if it hadn't been for her...
Hi. I usually follow and have posted in the anxiety forum, but I have an urgent need that I want to post here as well concerning my 15 year old daughter. As I type this, my heart is very heavy. About...
Thank you. I actually did some of that. Tried to reaffirm to her how much we all (her family and friends) love her. She said she knows. I don't doubt she knows. I think the root of the problem is her...
As I type this, my heart is very heavy. I posted about a month ago that my 15 year old daughter was going to see a psychiatrist for depression and anxiety. She was diagnosed with major depression and...
Hi! Welcome! I don't post much, but follow a lot. Been on Lexapro for about 4 months. I. I notice a difference if I've forgotten to take it for a few days....
Not sure I'll ever feel good. So tired of waiting for the next panic attack. Asked for prayer at church today at the end of our band practice. Fortunately our pastor's wife, who I'm close to, has...
I, too, had a rise in my anxiety for a short period of time when I first started taking it (10mg). That did pass along with the extreme fatigue, dizziness, etc....
Thanks Kitt. I restarted my medicine about 3 months ago (Lexapro) and have Ativan as an "OMG I need something NOW" backup. TBH, I'm skeptical at therapy because of the last one I had, but am...
New to the forum. I am 43 years old, married with 2 teenagers. I began having almost daily panic attacks in January 2011. 3 years later, and with the help of medicine, they are more under control....