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Serendippily Jan 2023 10:46am, 31 Jan 2023 27,726 posts	0 Serendippily Cried on camhs and felt like a shit about it. Shes a long long way down the waiting list and really all im facing is two years of eating into our standard of living and some underperforming or retaken GCSEs. Me giving up work has helped her feel more supported and she is gradually building up school. But the fluoxetine outside of anybresp framework or monitoring really bothers me and she is disengaging with counselling
LindsD Jan 2023 11:29am, 31 Jan 2023 59,717 posts	0 LindsD Can't believe that of Camhs. If you could bear a trip to A&E it would speed it up no end. I'm sorry.
Serendippily Jan 2023 11:42am, 31 Jan 2023 27,727 posts	0 Serendippily They are just in a terrible state. She is going to try and get a duty officer to call me back
ITG 🇮🇸 Jan 2023 11:45am, 31 Jan 2023 16,078 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 (((Dipps))) Sorry that the support is so poor for you all. It's not much better over here though I cannot imagine that is much comfort.
TeeBee Jan 2023 5:31pm, 31 Jan 2023 9,426 posts	0 TeeBee Hugs Dipps. It sounds utterly miserable
halfpint Feb 2023 7:24pm, 16 Feb 2023 39,098 posts	0 halfpint After 6 months at home QP has finally been to the GP. It feels like a massive step. He also put in a CV for the new Alpkit store due to open soon. I know you guys will appreciate the feeling of relief that he’s taking steps to improve things.
LindsD Feb 2023 9:29pm, 16 Feb 2023 60,033 posts	0 LindsD Definitely. Good news.
Lizzie Whizz Feb 2023 9:56pm, 16 Feb 2023 27,423 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz Yay, I saw new Alpkit & thought of you!
Serendippily Feb 2023 10:07pm, 16 Feb 2023 27,840 posts	0 Serendippily Well done QP
ThorntonRunner Feb 2023 10:46pm, 16 Feb 2023 6,548 posts	0 ThorntonRunner That's good to hear