So upset here .......

I am sorry to hear about your Grandaughter. She is lucky to have such a loving caring family, who are intelligent and will do the best for her.

So sorry to hear this! Sending a big virtual hug

So sorry, what a shock for all of you.
Just keep loving her which you obviously do.
Hope she finds the help she needs.
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Thank you for all the kind supportive posts. There is some concern about her kidneys and she is having fluids to try and flush things through. I can only hope she will emerge from this physically unscathed.

So sorry you and your family are experiencing such a traumatic time. No advice to offer, other than to be there for her, your family and be kind to yourself.💐

I didn’t mean to offend Luckygirl
I m not sure if everywhere’s the same but here we have an excellent NHS mental health team for 14-24 year olds
Perhaps she could also see a counsellor specialising in Crohns
Wishing love and help for you all

Luckygirl hope she gets help she needs.

Sending you a (((hug))) Luckygirl3

Your dear GD has a lot of things to cope with, hopefully now she is in hospital she will get the help she so desperately needs.

Lucky sending love and support,to you and your family.
I am aware of the huge problem of getting help from mental health services for my DGD.
I hope now your DGD gets the help she clearly needs

Just for you all with kindest wishes.

My best wishes for her recovery and so sorry for you and your family. Poor girl, the teenage years can be difficult enough if you are in good health but with the addition of Crohn's must be very hard indeed ( I know two people with this disease and the many and various problems they have had to deal with, including in one case several surgical interventions). You may have to fight hard on her behalf but hopefully now you will be listened to and get the attention & care she deserves both for her physical & mental health.

Please don’t blame yourselves lucky. Definitely not the family’s fault. Unfortunately NHS mental health support is very patchy across the country. Your granddaughter should however have an assessment while in hospital, which may at least give some suggestions if not direct intervention. My love to you and the family. x

Your granddaughter should however have an assessment while in hospital
Yes, there should be an urgent follow-up 🤞

for you, Luckygirl and you mustn't feel you have failed her. It's difficult to know what is the best way to help, as long as she knows you are there to love and support her.

Is there a local support group for people with Crohns?

Luckygirl.. you might like to look at Lothlorien Therapeutic Community on the borders.. run by psychotherapists and Samye Ling.. It has communal gardening, creative activities, group work cooking etc. I have visited it and can tell you it is lovely.. I would be surprised if you are able to get much help from MH services but I think you can self refer for this.. very best wishes to you all

Luckygirl3 my heart goes out to you in what must be an awfully worrying time for you and your family.

In her teens one of my daughters took an overdose too, and like you I worried about the effect on her kidneys and other organs. She is an adult of 30 now and thankfully none of her organs have been affected and she has run several marathons.

I also took several overdoses in my teens and twenties , and again have been fortunate enough not to have had any effects on any of my organs.

I do hope this will be the same for your granddaughter, and that she is able to get the support she needs. I am appalled that CAMHS have offered nothing in the past for her; the three conditions (not sure if that is the best word to use) she is going through must be terribly hard for her to deal with especially in her teens. It sounds very like a desperate cry for help (which I now know was the reason behind my overdoses) and I do hope the professionals involved in her care will help.

You sound like a wonderful, sensitive and intelligent grandparent, and I wish you and all your family the very best for the future.

Sorry to hear this Luckygirl. Hope your GD recovers and gets the help she needs. Sending a virtual hug to you all.

Lucygirl to you and your family especially your poor granddaughter.

This must be such a worry for you all I hope your granddaughter gets the support she needs.

Thinking of you Luckygirl, I can well imagine how distressed her parents and you feel. You seem to have a secure and loving family and will support one another. I sincerely hope your GD can access appropriate professional help and I wish her well - you too. She has so much to contend with Crohns is very dibilitating and her gender dysphoria must cause her and your family great anxiety. I feel sure you will be there for her .💐💐

Oh I am so sorry Luckygirl- been trying to keep away from GN- and just seen this.

Can't find any words that could possibly help- but sending love and hugs to you and family. You have been through so much last few years- so hope she will get all the support and help she needs.

Our GCs are being bombarded with so much conflicting and desperate information, and it is affecting so many of them so powerfully negatively.

hugs

Luckygirl - for you all x

So sorry to hear this Luckygirl. What a terrible time for you all not least your poor DGD who must have been awful. She's lucky that she's got such a good supportive and sensible family around her. She will have a psych assessment before she's discharged. Not sure what will happen after that. Follow up support from a CPN? I do hope so.

DGS 'must have been feeling awful'. Crucial missing word. Sorry.

So sorry to hear this awful news - as Grandparents I'm sure we can all feel the worry and anguish you must be going through. All best wishes to your family and your dear GD.

Your poor granddaughter do hope she gets the help she needs, with you all behind her and fighting 🤞she will.💐