Hi everyone, I am new here and very thankful that I found this forum. My 16-yo son had his first attempt in Jan of this year. After his attempt, he went into Intensive Inpatient treatment (he came home every night, but had to be there all day) and then after two months went to a step-down program of three days a week for another two months. He was doing pretty well - I thought. I guess I let me guard down. He is dealing with a lot of childhood trauma from an abusive relationship with his father with whom he no longer has contact. He was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. He is struggling also with his identity. Earlier in July he had another attempt and this time he was admitted into a mental health facility for 12 days. After his release he is seeing his therapist twice a week plus getting additional testing for ADD, and possibly being on the spectrum. They also think he might be bipolar. Being a single mom to six kids (three are young adults and three are teens) I am feeling very alone and very anxious all the time. I attend a domestic violence support group every week for about a year now and there are days when even I feel like I am at rock bottom. How do you all handle this? Thanks for listening. ... View more