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AIBU?

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In thinking she may have more control over this than she lets on?

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TheRealPerson · 19/07/2010 12:50

Before I start, some of you will know who I am and I apologise for another post on my DSD but I was hoping for some insight into a problem she has. I'm not trolling, just looking for some advice. (I am still leaving my DP but can't just ignore what happens here until I leave).

Bacially as I have posted before, she has a problem with wetting the bed. She's 13 and has always wet the bed. Usually every night, sometimes less often but always more than twice a week.

She has been involved with doctors and the hospital who cannot find anything wrong with her.

I think I have sorted out the hygiene thing (she never used to get a shower and would go to school smelling of urine) which has changed dramatically but still she wets the bed almost everynight.

What I don't understand is, when she went on a school residential trip for a week, she didn't seem concerned at all about wetting the bed which I found odd and low and behold - she was magically dry all week.

As soon as she comes back, she wets the bed almost every night again.

Whenever she sleeps at a friends house or if a friend stays here, she's always dry and has never had an accident.

If she sleeps at a relatives house, she is always dry.

Out of curiosity once, I suggested to DP that he gives her an incentive to stay dry and so he decided to give her a chocolate bar for each night that she was dry. Needless to say, as soon as this incentive started, she was dry almost every night. When he got "Bored" of treating her everynight and stopped, she started wetting the bed again.

What really got me is that last week, DP was rushed into hospital and had to be kept in for a week. DSD was dry EVERY night that he was away (a full week) and as soon as he comes back, she starts wetting the bed again.

DP is furiously sensitive about the whole thing and won't have it said that she could be doing this on purpose. I feel bad considering the fact that she COULD have more control over it but surely if you have a genuine bladder problem, it wouldn't be such a convienient one?? The cynic in me thinks she's doing for attention or at least some of it. (She is constantly thinking up attention seeking illnesses and actually gets excited at the prospect of going to hospital with her dad).

AIBU for even thinking this? if not, what should I do because DP just won't accept any discussion of it.

Please don't accuse me of trolling, I've admitted who I am, but it doesn't make the problems from before go away. Thanks.

OP posts:
GypsyMoth · 21/07/2010 13:38

the boxroom thing was cleared up by this poster tho! she's come clean,was never a troll,just someone in a difficult situation.

agree,time has come to actually DO something for this child.

AnyFucker · 21/07/2010 18:41

ILT, she din't "clear it up", she got busted for repeatedly posting the same weird scenarios under different names

GypsyMoth · 21/07/2010 18:47

she started her own thread a few weeks ago coming clean starting with something along the lines of 'alot of you know me as the boxroom troll....'

then explained circumstances....have i missed something then??

AMumInScotland · 21/07/2010 20:30

TRP - you said you wanted genuine advice, and were ready to deal with your situation. We're here, giving you advice. Everyone is saying the same - you need to get help for your stepdaughter.

Are you going to prove you have changed and genuinely want to improve the situation, or are you going to slip back into repeatedly telling us the same stuff and ignoring what everyone says? This is your chance to put your money where your mouth is and prove you're not just going to carry on as before.

Please, stop thinking of her as a weirdo you want to get away from, and see that she's a damaged child who deserves a chance to get help with her life. Make the call.

Octobrrr · 21/07/2010 20:54

...or if you can't/don't want to make the call yourself, please pass on details to someone who will. Your feelings for your SD are irrelevant at this stage, but you should be compelled to do the right thing and get her the access to the help and support you're either unwilling or unable to give her.

LittleMissHissyFit · 21/07/2010 21:46

TRP, love, please help this girl. she hurting hurt. Call SS.

colditz · 07/08/2010 11:30

So, what did you do?

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