Hello, I am Andrea I am the mother of two girls. My oldest is Sam (20) and My Youngest is Kenzie (16). I am married to Kevin and we live in Colorado Springs. We are at our wits end with our oldest daughter Sam. Sam has just turned 20 years old and lives at home. She doesn't have a job or go to school right now. She has Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, and Major Depression. She dropped out of high school because of the anxiety and stress it was causing her. She did go on to get her GED Sam is so smart the she got it done in months. Over the years she has been "diagnosed" with ADHD, Major Depressive Disorder with mood-congruent psychotic features, schizoaffective disorder - depressive type, Unspecified Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. We have been all over the map with these diagnoses. All of this in the pass 5 - 8 years. All this and array of medications. Then she has different therapist over the year disagreeing with all the disorder. No one has been able to point to the actual problem. It seems like the depression is hanging over everything. We've been to the ER a few times for self-harm (cutting) and there have been suicidal thoughts and expressed. I am at a lost where to turn next. She is turning inward more and more. She doesn't want to do anything and won't leave her room somedays unless she wants to eats. she thinks that she can't do anything well so why should she even try. Trying to get her to do the simplest task in exhausting. She used to read, write, and draw. She is so creative and caring, but lately she has no motivation or drive to do anything. We trying to get her a job with a job coach. With no luck she is get more depressed and less motivation. She love to do D&D and has friends online but does not get together in person very often. I think she would like more friends but is scared. I am looking for any ideas or help from anywhere I can get it. We live in Colorado springs so if anyone living here can give me some help or resources for my daughter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Andrea Sova
Posted by Andrea S at 2024-07-06 03:34:33 UTC