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camhs being awkward with my request

mum will sort it

My daughter is 16 and been under camhs on and off since she was about 8. She could write a book on CBT as this is all they've done. She was referred to the eating disorder clinic in August last year they diagnosed her with clinical depression, eating disorder (fear of food) anxiety , school phobia.  She also self harms. I've always told her councillors that I felt she was autistic but they said she wasn't.  Now her brother has a referral for autism, I sent a written  letter to them insisting on a referral for her using the nice guidelines.  They have responded by sending me 2 Australian scale questionnaire one for myself to complete and one for school.  She's not been attending school for 2 years (to which they know) she is in part time hospital school.  So who do I ask to fill out the other form? 

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  • Hi thanks for that i think im pretty sure the bi polar diagnosis is correct. She spirraled into a major depression after an RTA in november but the extreme highs and lows have been present from aged 9 and the voices since aged 7. She is on abilify but has gained around a stone in weight that she could ill afford to gain being chunky and 5ft 1". She has recently also started on an anti depressant as her mood has become a constant low or a 'nothing' as she describes it. She is struggling as she misses the euphoria she once had. Her mood could change up to 5 times a day before but is less frequent now. The abilify has helped her with the anxiety and that was almost instant. I have a friend with bi polar who was only diagnosed in her 30's and there are lots of similarities altho the mood changes are more frequent in children it would seem.The self harming has on the whole stopped for now but i feel may start when school starts again. She likes the lessons and is extremely bright but hates the social side of school she has been consistantly bullied since we moved area when she was 9 :( . There are times when she is so desperatly unhappy and in an episode that i really dont know what to do with ir for her. I have been close to taking her to a&e a couple if times. When your child is sobbing 'please help me' it is heartbreaking.apart from psycho therapy we have been offered no support whatsoever!  Im going it alone and tired of fighting :( x

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  • Hi thanks for that i think im pretty sure the bi polar diagnosis is correct. She spirraled into a major depression after an RTA in november but the extreme highs and lows have been present from aged 9 and the voices since aged 7. She is on abilify but has gained around a stone in weight that she could ill afford to gain being chunky and 5ft 1". She has recently also started on an anti depressant as her mood has become a constant low or a 'nothing' as she describes it. She is struggling as she misses the euphoria she once had. Her mood could change up to 5 times a day before but is less frequent now. The abilify has helped her with the anxiety and that was almost instant. I have a friend with bi polar who was only diagnosed in her 30's and there are lots of similarities altho the mood changes are more frequent in children it would seem.The self harming has on the whole stopped for now but i feel may start when school starts again. She likes the lessons and is extremely bright but hates the social side of school she has been consistantly bullied since we moved area when she was 9 :( . There are times when she is so desperatly unhappy and in an episode that i really dont know what to do with ir for her. I have been close to taking her to a&e a couple if times. When your child is sobbing 'please help me' it is heartbreaking.apart from psycho therapy we have been offered no support whatsoever!  Im going it alone and tired of fighting :( x

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