Well, 9 months after being re-referred to CAMHS, and a year after first being seen by them and effectively dismissed, they have now told us that DD1 (16) has moderate depression, anxiety and social phobia. Hardly ground breaking news given she has been on anti-depressants for 2 months, and self harming for 2 years. They are referring for CBT but this of course will taken months. In the meantime, DD is seeing a private counsellor who can do CBT and will try and respond to the CAMHS assessment. DD spends her life primarily in her room. She goes to college where she does have friends, but keeps missing lessons through panic attacks and is doing no work at all (Year 12). It is heartbreaking to see her so sad and lethargic, and to see her adolescence being destroyed and her future so uncertain. I think DH and I are reaching breaking point and probably starting to be depressed ourselves. We try to be positive and cheerful around DD2 (14), but inside we are breaking. We can't see a way out of this and all the joy appears to have been sucked from life. I'm wondering if any wise souls have words of advice to help us cope?!
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