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[quote=Anonymous]You are a nice friend. I was in the situation of your poor friend and I deeply regret not institutionalizing my child sooner.
All my friends were sympathetic. I was also a stiff upper lipper
1. If your friend is getting professional advice she is being told that the family can manage it with drugs etc. This is UNTRUE as she can see from it being 3 years of non success. But that is the advice she will continue to get along with a lot of judgement from the professionals.
2. Keep reassuring her that she is not to blame for the situation, and that the rest of the family needs a normal life.
Suggest she find something in Massachusetts which has good mental health laws and support.
otherwise she will end up like me- her problem child no better and her normal child with a horrible ruined childhood.
3. I got into a spasm of mothering cycle- never give up etc. Its not healthy and she needs support to get off it. We finally went to a marriage counselor and she told us to save our marriage by finding institutional care. [/quote]

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