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Old Apr 29, 2007, 09:08 PM
mich1968 mich1968 is offline
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Hello. I'm desperate for help, so I apologize in advance that I'll likely be crossposting this to other forums.

My girlfriend has quite a lot of issues, chief among them are bipolar disorder, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and (she hasn't been diagnosed with this one, but she shows the characteristics of it) borderline personality disorder.

She has tried to get help, but she has no money and no health insurance. What she has been able to get is occasional, yet non-helpful psychiatric therapy sessions and a few medications, like Paxil and Klonopin. These medications seemed to help keep her somewhat "normal" for a while, but for the past several months, she has gone downhill. She is completely miserable and wants to die. She has attempted suicide a few times before and I strongly believe she is at risk again now.

She is giving up on life. She sees no point in trying to get help because the help that seems to be available to her, like group therapy, doesn't help. I believe she really needs more serious help than that anyway, perhaps hospitalization where they will actually HELP her and not just ask her questions and then send her home.

I don't have much money either and I am in a whole different state than her, which makes helping her even harder. But I don't care if I end up with even more debt than I have already; I just want to get help for her. I'm not really sure where to turn, though. Low-cost help will only be good if it actually HELPS... so.. maybe financial assistance of some sort would be helpful separate from the psychiatric help. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me any advice? She lives in Fort Worth, Texas and whatever help she can get would need to be gay-friendly.

I live in Orange County, California... I seriously doubt I'd be able to get her to come here for help, but if there happens to be some kind of amazing facility here, I might be able to get her to consider it.

Thank you in advance.