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lizardlady · Dec 18, 2020 at 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by aces79

How do you know when its time to try inpatient?

She claims nothing works, she's cutting herself and says she has suicidal thoughts but no plan to carry it out. We only started treatment in August though and the picking her up from school is usually because the kids are calling her horrible names for not being straight and "normal".

Youh need to let her therapist know ASAP about the self-injury and ideation. They need the information to best be able to help her. They can also determine if she needs to go inpatient.

Hard as it might be, I would encourage you to stop picking her up from school. As Nammu pointed out, she's learning to run from problems. I also question her using her phone while at school in order to text you. Using a phone at school is usually against school rules. What about having her leave the phone at home. If she has to reach you while she's at school she can use the phone in the office.

Could it be that she has bipolar disorder instead of depression? Might explain the mood swings and the meds not helping.