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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a daughter who is 19. 
She has depression and anxiety at a deep level.
Refuses to go to psych.  We have a talked to the psych and he cannot legally talk to us.
Before she turned 18 we could force her to go to the therapist office, but could not force her to talk.  We can't shove meds down her throat.

I believe strongly she is a threat to herself.  Her dad does too.

We beg and beg her to get help. Nothing we can do. Most helpless feeling in the world.  My life is anxiety and insomnia and endless worry.

I don't think we are bad parents. We have two boys who are excellent students and are mentally healthy. Our daughter was a good student too ( she is taking classes at community college now).  We did not do anything differently with any of the kids. I feel strongly that genetically our daughter just has a different makeup.

As a parent of a kid with mental illness I think it's an extraordinarily complex world that someone without a kid with a mental illness would never understand. And as a country we do not have any systems in place to help parents of young adults who they are worried about. Insurance does not cover anything but medicating these kids.  Talk therapy is extraordinarily expensive and therapists for young adults are incredibly hard to find with long wait lists. Therapists who tale insurance are almost nonexistent and those wait lists are even longer.

In my opinion this is a major emergency in our country. Just not on any political agenda. [/quote]

I think that you and your husband are doing the best that any parent could do in a situation like that.  You have recognized that your daughter has some mental health issues, you have sought out professional help for her and you are keeping close tabs on her.  I'm sorry that she hasn't been more receptive to treatment.  As a mom I think that watching your child suffer like that would be horrible.  I'm so sorry you're going through this.

I obviously do not know what kind of help the Klebolds tried to get for their son.  But I do get the sense that there was some severe denial going on in that home.  [/quote]

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