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Originally Posted by AnywhereElse
Does your child have a case manager and did you discuss what was going to happen after the child turned 18 years old? I don't understand what you mean by saying she worked the system. She is an adult and everything does change at that point. Unless she can be proven incompetent, I doubt there will be a lot that you can do. Did the problems just surface when she turned 18?
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You don't know of bipolar people who work the system - Before she was 18 the keywords like "harm self" "suicidal thoughts" to extend her stay at the mental health facility. I thank God that she has not ever acted upon those keywords. Since turning 18 - she's had herself admitted and then later deemed ok and then released. But during the stay she'll refuse to see us. When released we don't know where she goes. The last incident I ended up in a shady part of town pulling her out of some sleazy hotel room. These problems started 5 years ago and have progressively gotten worse.
IEP - she had for schooling purposes I didn't know about other purposes for an IEP other than for schooling. She's actually a pretty good student. She graduated HS back in 2011 and is she's in her 2nd year at a local college. This most recent incident took place right after the last day of the semester before Christmas break.
She was diagnosed with MS when she was 11. Lupus at the age of 15 and on top of all that she was diagnosed as having bipolar depression. She's got a lot on her plate and her mother and I are just trying to make she is safe. When she is released and doesn't come home for days means missing doses of MS and Lupus meds. There's nothing like being scared waiting for a knock on the door with bad news or waiting for the phone call.