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It's been a long hard past couple months so guess I just needed a place to vent for a moment as I've always recieved positive feedback off here before. My son has severe mental health issues and he has been struggling with them since he was younger and he is only 12 as sad as that sounds, but he has been diagnosed with an array of things more prominently unspecified szicophenia and he takes some pretty heavy medications which I hate but know is necessary. He has been placed in facilities a few times a couple of which I didnt really have a choice or say in the matter because if his violent tendencies and safety concerns for his siblings but we have worked so hard with his therapists and psychiatrists and developmental disabilities worker to try and keep him from having to go back but with the decline of the mental health system especially for youth the resources are limited and now once again he is back in the hospital. I know its what's best and this is for his own good to keep him as well as his brothers safe but it still kills me, hes my baby and the only place they have is almost 5 hours away and to top it off our car broke down so I'm struggling to figure out how I will get up to see him every week... it seems everything that can go wrong will and if I didnt already have enough stress on my plate now cps is lurking around which I try not to worry about as having a son like I do I'm used to it they always come snooping around when he gets hospitalized and nothing comes of it because he has a record a mile long and I do everything I'm supposed to with the resources that are available but I also stress because there are some who dont care and want to cause problems just because they can and I know the child welfare system is corrupt and honestly they dont have to have a reason so take kids they have been knows to do it before and yes they get grants and job security for every family they put in the system and I've faught long and hard to stay out of it even to the point of having to sell everything and borrow to hire attorneys to do so because of who my son is.and after all this time given my sons history you'd think they would finally leave me alone but no this happens every time! lol...I'm sure it will work out but I'm so stressed right now I could just use some comforting wordst/advice I guess lol
I agree with you about others staying out of our family situation. I had someone contact cs because my child had a bruise from falling when she was little and that same person saw my change my other child on a changing pad which was on the dryer and the dryer was off. The cs actual had to come to my house to make certain for myself that I wasn't abusing my children.
I am so sorry you are having to deal with cs. I will be praying for you. You are a strong amazing mother and just remember that. Lots of Hugs!
Just wondering if his current therapist or psychiatrist could intervene in some way (is there a place closer to home that he could be transferred to or do they know of any transportation services around).
Sounds like you're an excellent mother and you love your son dearly. I'm sure that he knows that.
We had done everything we could as a family to try to resolve things. There were two full pages of different interventions. Family therapy, individual therapies for my Ex,myself & my son. In home support workers,parenting classes. My son had been admitted into the psychiatric ward at the Children’s hospital several times. And as he got older the Youth psych then the adult.
He did very well inpatient. It helped to stablelize him.
You can only do your best as a parent. My son continued to be a huge part of our life even after being placed in care.
He’s 30 now, married, holding down a job. Living a successful life that I would never have thought possible. We have a good relationship.
I hope that you are able to get transportation to visit with your son. Or is it maybe possible to move closer?
I am sorry that you are going through this heartbreak. Hugs Kelley