
Help Save My Daughter's Life
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Mental illness is a real illness, it’s just invisible so people stigmatize it as though it’s within the sufferer’s control. It’s not. And mental illness can easily lead to drug addiction. It’s a story I didn’t think would become a part of my life, but it has. So now I’m trying to do whatever I can to give my daughter the chance she deserves to live a happy life.
We all know the health industry in this country is terrible, and for those with mental illness, it's even worse. There are so few resources that are affordable and live-saving for an increasingly young population suffering from a variety of scary mental health diagnoses. My beautiful daughter is one of those people. Many of you know she has suffered for years while we tried to figure things out with meds, and therapy, inpatient, outpatient. But as she grew older her suffering comingled with drug addiction and that is what has brought me to create this gofundme page. My daughter suffers from BPD--also known as a borderline personality disorder. There are very few places that specialize in BPD and have made progress with treatment. One such program which offers a dual diagnosis program for BPD and addiction is covered partially by my insurance, but there is a sizeable gap I cannot reach on my own. I know I am lucky to have the insurance, but without the other piece I can't get her there, and If I can't get here there is no other place I can take her to get her the help she needs, or any places that might be able to help at all are even more costly, and she needs to go somewhere for help, now.
It is hard for me to ask for anything, and I hate to ask for this help, but with no resources to draw from, and no place to turn, any little bit you can contribute toward the gap in coverage brings me closer to being able to only have to worry about whether or not this will help and not wonder if I could have saved her if I had only been able to get her there. You might wonder what I mean by "saved her". At this point, if I can't get my daughter away and into a safe place that will treat her BPD and addiction she will turn back to the drugs as an escape from her pain, and from there, her life will continue to unravel until she either dies quickly or dies slowly. She will die. She has asked me for help so I am trying to do anything I can.
Please help us. Every little bit gets us closer to having enough to pay for her stay at the treatment facility.
I thank you for reading this and for anything you can do to help me get here where she needs to go. As my friend said to me today, one minute at a time in the face of all of this. One day at a time and this is the first step.
We all know the health industry in this country is terrible, and for those with mental illness, it's even worse. There are so few resources that are affordable and live-saving for an increasingly young population suffering from a variety of scary mental health diagnoses. My beautiful daughter is one of those people. Many of you know she has suffered for years while we tried to figure things out with meds, and therapy, inpatient, outpatient. But as she grew older her suffering comingled with drug addiction and that is what has brought me to create this gofundme page. My daughter suffers from BPD--also known as a borderline personality disorder. There are very few places that specialize in BPD and have made progress with treatment. One such program which offers a dual diagnosis program for BPD and addiction is covered partially by my insurance, but there is a sizeable gap I cannot reach on my own. I know I am lucky to have the insurance, but without the other piece I can't get her there, and If I can't get here there is no other place I can take her to get her the help she needs, or any places that might be able to help at all are even more costly, and she needs to go somewhere for help, now.
It is hard for me to ask for anything, and I hate to ask for this help, but with no resources to draw from, and no place to turn, any little bit you can contribute toward the gap in coverage brings me closer to being able to only have to worry about whether or not this will help and not wonder if I could have saved her if I had only been able to get her there. You might wonder what I mean by "saved her". At this point, if I can't get my daughter away and into a safe place that will treat her BPD and addiction she will turn back to the drugs as an escape from her pain, and from there, her life will continue to unravel until she either dies quickly or dies slowly. She will die. She has asked me for help so I am trying to do anything I can.
Please help us. Every little bit gets us closer to having enough to pay for her stay at the treatment facility.
I thank you for reading this and for anything you can do to help me get here where she needs to go. As my friend said to me today, one minute at a time in the face of all of this. One day at a time and this is the first step.
Organizer
Meredith Ann Brothers
Organizer
Madison, CT