To not let Dd have her confidentiality

[CoffeeCuddles]

Dd is at the age where she can take charge of all her medical appointments, records etc . Part of me doesn’t want her to sign the form . I’m all for her making these decisions herself but I don’t think she’s capable on making the choices about her mental health. Aibu ?

Yes it does mean that cuddles.

Hopefully she will choose to share with you

Its difficult and it must be scary but I think you should keep reminding yourself that although it may seem like she is worse in the short term, in the long term it will really help her to take responsibility and control of her medical appointments and treatment. At least shes still at home so you can talk to her and try and support her. I had some mental health input when I was that age and it is true that they will not discuss it with you if the patient is over 16. When they would ring me at home they would always ask for me and not discuss any of my care with my parents at all. All letters would be addressed to me and I would have to arrange my own appointments they wouldnt let my mother do it for me.
Just try and remain calm about it and hopefully she wont rebel against you. If you seem really unhappy about it she may act up in asserting her will by stopping her treatments. I think if you can seem a bit more like you will support any choice she makes then she may not make the knee jerk choice of stopping treatment just to wind you up. Teenagers can be like that, trying to get a reaction instead of actually considering the situation.

Thank you to everyone on this thread . It is scary but I guess at the end of the day , it’s uo to her to sign the form . I will support her all the way and hope she makes the right choices

Well done, Coffee - this is a situation that would be out of any parent's comfort zone, but you're coping with it really well. If you give your daughter space, she is much more likely to want to share information with you.

This is a really hard situation and some of the choices she may make may be bad ones but with you supporting her all the way she stands the best chance of getting through relatively unscathed.

In relation to overdoses for what it is worth if she is determined to go down that route she will manage to regardless of being charge of her own medication or not ( actually rereading the thread you know this because she has done this before)

You sound like you are doing a great job of supporting her.

chemists do try to be ontop of how much they prescribe hence monthly prescriptions/weekly prescriptions given then it would be logged and you cant get more until the month is out (usually)
sit down and tell her these fears.i think if your scared of it she might be too.worried she might do this in time of struggle.so together perhaps you could feel it,share it and comfort eacohte ron this.knowing it is something you have thought of might actually feel rather touching for her,to know that you are very aware of things.and then knowig you can be there too.
could there be a code.letter or smething she could signal if she needs help but cant quite ask for it words for words or to your face.
because I imagine also if she does go this route it will feel like a backing down if she then feels she needs help.