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Teenage troubles

clix

Hello, I am the Grandmother of a 17 yr old Grandson. My daughter was a single parent of 2 when we did battle with the system to get him statemented. In all it took 7 long years. In our case they had us walking through hoops and kept putting the blame on my daughter for being single and then on my Grandson as badly behaved! However we now have another hurdle to overcome and hope somebody out there can give us some glimmer of hope. He is at the moment in further education and has come to a point where he no longer is interested. He has started to miss lessons and has become disinterested. He is at a stage where he no longer knows what he wants in life and as a result has become very argumentative and showing signs of aggression. Are there any other agencies out there that can help him ? We are fast becoming at a loss as to know what to do or how to help.

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  • Hi Clix,

    My son is younge, he is 12, but he has really been through the mill and I had to battle really hard (as a single parent myself) to get help when my son developed depression and attempted suicide, and was self harming  He also became impossible to manage, and the school which is a specialist in the field of ASD were struggling to cope.  After a 6 month battle with the system and CAMHS , I gave up and liquidated his university fund and paid for him to see a private psychiatrist.  I chose really carefully and made sure the guy we saw was a specialist in Teens, ASD and mood disorders.  He was so helpful and diagnosed clinical depression, OCD and a couple of other things.  His report opened doors in the NHS.  My boy is now on Sertraline, and although it has only been for a couple of weeks I am getting glimpses of my boy.  The NHS psychiatrists will see him from now, and he is also having weekly counselling.  If u can get to Bristol I could give u his name.  

    Please don't underestimate the role u play aswell.  My so is only doing 4 mornings a week at school and he goes to my parents one or two afternoons a week to give me a break, and I am so very very greatful to them.  It gives me some sanity.

    I hope this helps a bit, x  Crazy

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  • Hi Clix,

    My son is younge, he is 12, but he has really been through the mill and I had to battle really hard (as a single parent myself) to get help when my son developed depression and attempted suicide, and was self harming  He also became impossible to manage, and the school which is a specialist in the field of ASD were struggling to cope.  After a 6 month battle with the system and CAMHS , I gave up and liquidated his university fund and paid for him to see a private psychiatrist.  I chose really carefully and made sure the guy we saw was a specialist in Teens, ASD and mood disorders.  He was so helpful and diagnosed clinical depression, OCD and a couple of other things.  His report opened doors in the NHS.  My boy is now on Sertraline, and although it has only been for a couple of weeks I am getting glimpses of my boy.  The NHS psychiatrists will see him from now, and he is also having weekly counselling.  If u can get to Bristol I could give u his name.  

    Please don't underestimate the role u play aswell.  My so is only doing 4 mornings a week at school and he goes to my parents one or two afternoons a week to give me a break, and I am so very very greatful to them.  It gives me some sanity.

    I hope this helps a bit, x  Crazy

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