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Being in the midst of business plans and negotiations and wading thru great applications and laying out business structures, I don't have time to look for another loop. Though I appreciate the suggestions sent to me. My daughter is in a bipolar stage. As I've mentioned, she likes my fiance very much. More of a dad than she has ever had. And we were due to join him and make a move together. Where he could stay with us more nights of the week. (A garden apartment on a horsefarm 45 minutes outside WDC.) He is working 6 and 7 days a week; and I paid someone to move me who stood me up, took my money. And so, she is of course, anxious and out of sorts. We have many issues about her being bipolar; I have to handle this more gracefully than autism, which I've had many years to adjust to (in autism, it's common in the preteens and thereafter, esp in HFA kids, to have bipolarlike episodes, often triggered by anxiety or in addition, complex emotions like PTSD).This time around, she is sleeping; and she isn't destructive. But she is talking a lot. I found homeopathic remedies for sleep (Bach sleep rescue remedy), and to avert destructive behavior (tarantulla). Anyone have one for racing thoughts? That is what comes out of her mouth, albeit quite humerous. She's very funny in these phases. I have still been reading what's posted here. And if I could have, I would have commented on the ones about TV shows. Because I think Hollywood has enough of us as resources to ask an expert parent about what is accurate and what is myth & stereotype. It's a shame for Hollywood to continue to promote outdated ideas, w/o checking out the facts first. Also, I am going to write the mother offline who is in the custody dispute. But I will mention here there was at time when so many single moms kids were given to fathers because they had no more money, irregardless of their ability to care or presence of abuse. I had a friend who took me along to one support group; and there was a mother present who was still paying child support and couldn't get it stopped, to a bigtime music director, after their daughter had died of suicide, for sexual abuse. (Forgive me for being so blunt.) I would begin a process of documenting every single thing that shows this child functions best with his mother. Assess therapists' bent and sensitivity on this. And go to the ones who get that. You can't just assume it's an ideal situation where the father really does care about what's best for his child. If he does, it is a wonderful situation. I know some of those, too. They pull together, though divorced, to help each other. But how often does that happen in the real world in America at this time? The percentage is small. Too often, ex's don't even get autism or aspergers. . .

Nina

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Nina Forest

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