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Please help me dd is frightening me

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Agnesboo · 22/09/2013 17:49

Dd is just 14 as she has got older it has become apparent she has complex needs and problems.
She was severely bullied at school and began self harming during school so she would get sent home. She is now at a specialist school and on most days it only has two other pupils.
She has a support worker once a week and we have had ss involvement due to me reporting the school this led to her admission to the new school.
We have another appt with CAMHS in two weeks as her support worker is saying she has autistic traits. She has dyspraxia and dyslexia and probably ADD too.
We are now worried about schizophrenia as she has started saying a man talks to her and that he hates me. Her new school also rang and said she had spent ten minutes talking to a wall and saying it was this man.
She has often told me she is going to kill me and wishes me and her siblings dead a lot.
Today I found lots of paper with RIP. Wrote on it. This is not too shocking as last year she drew a lot of weird things so I'm used to that. Then I found a carving knife under her bed :(.

I don't know what to do.

When she is like this she is unbearable and now I'm scared of her.
But when she is been herself she is lovely and funny.

Please help me I don't know what to do at all anymore.

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Agnesboo · 22/09/2013 17:50

Meant to say she lashes out a lot at me and her siblings.
I have made all the appropriate services aware of this but they seem as lost as me.

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WetAugust · 22/09/2013 18:39

If you fear for her safety, your own safety or the safety of others then ring the CAMHS team (they do have 24 hour on-call) and ring the Police.

YourHandInMyHand · 22/09/2013 18:45

How awful for you!

I agree with WetAugust that as it is a safety concern (and I agree you are right to be scared) then ring CAMHs, perhaps out of hours as an emergency if that's possible.

Is there any way you can make your home more secure? Whether that be locking away sharp things, or any other way you could relax a little more regarding being so scared?

Wish I had better advise! Didn't want to just read and run.

buildingmycorestrength · 23/09/2013 20:57

That sounds really awful. Sad.

You say you are in touch with all the services but I wonder if you might need a referral to some kind of national centre, like Great Ormond Street or the equivalent for children's mental health?

sammythemummy · 23/09/2013 22:06

Im so sorry to hear.

I second hiding all sharp tools away and contacting the appropriate professionals?

Does she say why she wants you nd her siblings dead?

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