Grandparents Raising Children Support Group
This community is dedicated to grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. In cases where the parents are not willing or able to provide adequate care for their children, grandparents may take on the role of primary caregivers. Join the support group to find support, share your experience, and get advice from other members.
I have had the past four days off of work and have come to reailze, as much as I hate it, my work is keeping me sane. I am very much feeling like I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I slept all day yesterday as my grandson spent the night with his mother (my 24 yr old). I go back to work tomorrow and he goes back to school. I am so tired of getting notes saying that he behaves badly at school. He has all the symptoms of ADHD and I just don't want to start meds right now.
I also have a 20 yr old daughter who has ADD and is not close to me anymore at all. She calls when she wants something. My 12 yr old daughter is doing great( thank God for that). I don't want her to fade into the background because I have to spend so much time with my gson. My weight is on a downward spiral. I was anorexic when I was a teenager and am becoming a bit afraid that it is happening again. I feel like my weight is the only thing in my life I can control. I feel somewhat ashamed because I know other people have a life much worse than mine. How dare I feel this way! but I do. Thanks for being here. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.
I also have a 20 yr old daughter who has ADD and is not close to me anymore at all. She calls when she wants something. My 12 yr old daughter is doing great( thank God for that). I don't want her to fade into the background because I have to spend so much time with my gson. My weight is on a downward spiral. I was anorexic when I was a teenager and am becoming a bit afraid that it is happening again. I feel like my weight is the only thing in my life I can control. I feel somewhat ashamed because I know other people have a life much worse than mine. How dare I feel this way! but I do. Thanks for being here. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
It's so reassuring to hear I'm not alone, I not the only one who seems to be so tired, I'm not the only one who feels that it could be worse at times and I should consider myself blessed. Thanks for sharing.
Ri will be tested this week for ADD/ADHD. The teacher nor I think it is ADHD. The medicine helped my grand son to the point it is unreal. He did lose some weight and now if he is home will take a nap,but other then that he is a joy to be around now. I was stressed at first becasue I have seen kids all doped up and could not even complete a sentence,but found out that the parents are over doping them????? Take your grand son to be tested,don't let your one daughter be the exsample of the medicine with her not having anything to do with you unless she wants something. That actually sounds like half of the world today, so it may not have anything to do with her ADD.
But yes feel free to vent, at times we all have to or we would explode. HAve a wonderful day.