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Category Archives: Mental Health

Articles relating to mental health are in this category. Typically they will fall into one of two categories. Yours, or your child’s. Yes, your mental health is important.

you know you need a break when

You sleep for 16 hours after placing your child in the psychiatric unit at the hospital. Seriously, I fell asleep shortly after I got home last night, and other than a few phone calls, slept until shortly after noon today. Now, the argument could be made that I have a wife who could help out. My response to that is:  she works full time.  She does everything that she can in the evening hours to give me time to unwind.  On the weekends, she forgoes sleeping in so that I can go to bed after I finish as David’s “night staff”. Ours is truly a collaboration in raising a special needs child. Plus.  Communication. Without communication between parents, the child is free to run the parents ragged.  My wife and I talk about everything.  We have basic guidelines or unwritten rules that we follow regarding major decisions.  Our goal in

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Tags: mental health, NDBlogger, parenting ·

David isn’t going to placement today

Finally, got a call back from one of the intake people at the residential facility today. It appears that they are waiting on some additional paperwork from his last residential care facility. As a result, they aren’t able to admit him yet. Maybe on Monday. Words can not describe how I feel right now. Related articles Basic Service Levels – Universal Application (whynotfathers.com) We Brought David Home (whynotfathers.com) You are like night staff (whynotfathers.com) stealing from school (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: reactive attachment disorder, residential care ·

Full Mood David

David is in full form this morning. I feel bad for his teacher having to deal with him all day today. It is really too bad, the morning started out great, but then I asked him to stop playing with his clean clothes, they are in a suitcase that we have packed in case he goes to the care facility today. He got all upset with me and started throwing around papers, calling the dog names, and generally being obstinate.  Not a good way to start the day.  Now our house looks like a hurricane hit it. He didn’t have his binder with him when he came home from school yesterday, so I imagine that I will get a call from the teacher asking where it is. Related articles stealing from school (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: ADHD, autism, bipolar, mood, OCD, ODD, reactive attachment disorder, TBI ·

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