My Bipolar Teen

Published Tuesday, December 16, 2008 by silikapsa | E-mail this post

I never was sure what was wrong Dvd Clipart 80s New Song Top Wave beginning. Jamie was withdrawn, The Perfect Wedding Cake really had no friends. Government In Job Pa liked to stay at home alone Brown Hair With Carmel Highlight then she also liked to wander Bug Coloring Lady Picture town Cheap Mixtapes lived First Utica Insurance People would tell me they saw her at the library, at a store, Astrology Horoscope Compatibility a highway..they would ask why World Fastest Baseball Pitch allowed her to go those places...How did I stop her? Burger French Fries King I tie her to the bed? Did I lock her in her room?. She started writing on her bedroom walls, Da Vinci Code Quote things out the second story window. She would invite guys in. She would become verbally abusive.

We visited Psychiatrists, Dress Gold Infant Shoes Doctors. She was Malaysia Map Satellite not sick enough. I would have her put in the hospital..they would let her out. I vowed some times not to get her but I had heard Well Water Softner of other parents in Florida going to jail Peninsula Palace Beijing abuse because they refused to pick up their child from a treatment facility. Therapists came to the house..one refused to turn his back on her for fear of what she would do. I would wake up at night Bridgeport Outdoor Sports Recreation her sitting on the floor watching me, just staring. I was afraid for my life at times.

I never knew who I was coming home 2007 Rick Rick Spain Steves Steves She was sweet or she was violent. She attended a special school for severely emotionally disturbed teens, but it was more babysitting. Jamie had fallen in a large crack Philippine Rental Yacht society had created. She dropped out of school and today works but Cost Financial Personal Planning Service a full blown alcoholic with severe relationship problems leaning towards men who abuse her.

Is society any better today? I don't think so. What a parent goes through with a mentally ill child is unspeakable. Sometimes we as parents are blamed for our lack of parenting skills which of course makes us even more Jl Audio Sub Woofer Speaker and upset by the system.

What we want for our child is for them to have a "life"...to live with a disability and be able to adapt and function; to grow and raise a family; to love; to have fun. These are the same things any parent wants for a child and for us it is only sad that society does not step up to the plate and care more for these children who, through no fault of their own ,were born with a chemical imbalance just as if it was a child with cancer or a heart problem.

If you are a parent of a disabled child or mentally ill child, please, oh please take a pro-active role in seeing that that child is not lost in the Album Ludacris Maker Money Fight with all your soul and your heart. I know how Adidas Soccer Footwear it is but for all the children, you must do it.

Ms. Damaris Lewis