Hello,
I am just looking for other parents who are dealing with their children and their mental health issues.
My daughter (16) is suffering. She has suffered from anxiety since about the age of 8. Mostly at that time it was night anxiety. She would need to sleep in my room, or I would sleep in hers. She couldn't sleep at friends houses or go away overnight on school trips. She also was diagnosed with OCD at about the age of 10. We went through therapists, and attempted CBT. While the night time anxiety never fully went away, it seemed to tremendously better once she hit 13 or so. January of 2015 when she was 14, I found suicide notes in her room. I took to the hospital and asked for help. We were there for 6 hours and sent away with a pamphlet. We didn't once see a mental health nurse or anything of the sort. We saw her dr. and she prescribed some meds that helped.
Fast forward two years to this past January when she overdosed on pills. This time, the hospital was great. Set up in a mental health for teens program - group therapy, individual, family, and a new medication.
We are now in May and she's going downhill again. Anxiety is through the roof and she's depressed again. We see a psychiatrist this month for a med review. She's not attending school on a regular basis and takes two online classes at home now.
I don't know what to do. I don't think the CBT is working. She doesn't like therapy. I'm not sure new meds are going to work and she's nervous about taking them.
I'm considering trying CBD hemp oil but am having a hard time finding a good brand that will ship to Canada.
I'm just at a loss. I worry for her future. I worry for her.
thanks for listening
I am just looking for other parents who are dealing with their children and their mental health issues.
My daughter (16) is suffering. She has suffered from anxiety since about the age of 8. Mostly at that time it was night anxiety. She would need to sleep in my room, or I would sleep in hers. She couldn't sleep at friends houses or go away overnight on school trips. She also was diagnosed with OCD at about the age of 10. We went through therapists, and attempted CBT. While the night time anxiety never fully went away, it seemed to tremendously better once she hit 13 or so. January of 2015 when she was 14, I found suicide notes in her room. I took to the hospital and asked for help. We were there for 6 hours and sent away with a pamphlet. We didn't once see a mental health nurse or anything of the sort. We saw her dr. and she prescribed some meds that helped.
Fast forward two years to this past January when she overdosed on pills. This time, the hospital was great. Set up in a mental health for teens program - group therapy, individual, family, and a new medication.
We are now in May and she's going downhill again. Anxiety is through the roof and she's depressed again. We see a psychiatrist this month for a med review. She's not attending school on a regular basis and takes two online classes at home now.
I don't know what to do. I don't think the CBT is working. She doesn't like therapy. I'm not sure new meds are going to work and she's nervous about taking them.
I'm considering trying CBD hemp oil but am having a hard time finding a good brand that will ship to Canada.
I'm just at a loss. I worry for her future. I worry for her.
thanks for listening
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