I have 4 DCs. DD (18) was diagnosed with severe depression early this year. She's on ADs and having CBT and is an awful lot better - to the extent that she's retaking her A Levels and thinking about Uni. However, she's been told she will always have to look out for warning signs of depression throughout her life. DS2 has Dyspraxia "with Aspergic tendencies". Again, he's getting lots of help and is happy and doing OK but he will always be Dyspraxic. DS3 has Verbal Dyspraxia, and what's prompted this rant is me crying over the SALT this morning when she told me that he will always have little relapses in his speech when he's tired or stressed or unwell. He's gone from unintelligible at 3.5 to nearly always intelligible at 5.5 - for some reason it hadn't occurred to me he would always have some problems.
The things is I realise my kids' problems are a tiny weeny drop in the ocean compared to some - I read posts on here that make me feel in awe of what some of you are dealing with. And I do feel blessed and lucky to have such wonderful children. But on their behalf I still want to stamp my foot and shout IT'S NOT FAIR - the kids will have their hearts broken, and struggle to understand algebra and all the rest of "normal" life as well as dealing with their SN. How do you deal with feeling like this?
Tell me to pull myself together!