help - long....! but I'm here!! lol

November 4, 2001

I'm here! Been so busy trying to outrun depression again , that I'm afraid to

sit down!!

It seems that I have really done it this time -

Most of you know that my hubby's niece and 2 great nieces came to stay with us

while she got medical treatment.

She's never been treated for bipolar and it's severe. Well, my family and I

couldn't stand her 7 yo - no boundaries etc -

and so once we got her stabilized, we moved them to a shelter. Well, the case

worker let them come knowing my niece

couldn't work, but now that's against the rules and they want her to work or

move. How do you work , when you can't even remember simple things?? The

doctors say no way, so now we are trying to move the girls into a group home

(8kids in a home to a set of house parents and several houses all together on a

farm type place) and find something for the niece. The doc and therapist think

the best place would be our home.

Here's the cruncher, though - The niece is telling us things about her childhood

and sexual abuse by her dad and her mom

(my sis-n-law) is saying that they have spent a fortune on legal fees etc.

because of her lies. Both sides admit she was in counseling when she was 11 or

12. Anybody from Washington state? They say that after 14 years old a child

can make medical choices for themselves and that the niece refused to see doctor

about being bipolar - that she was afraid she was going to be like her

grandmother. Therfore, no medical treatment. Edith tells me she could be

bipolar and BPD - HELP!!!!!!

There's no way I want a BP in my home - EVER!!!

My depression is coming back and even my 13 yo daughter is in counseling because

of what's happened around here.

I also got a nasty-gram from my nada yesterday - I read the first line - " A

year's long enough for revenge... " and then saw the clipping about how

Christians are to forgive - oh puh leaseeeee. It made my hubby mad, but for me

it's just so sad - I can't respond - we know that doesn't work - and I can't

explain.

Boy, can co-dependents get into hot water!!!

I feel like I'm drowning....

Ilene

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