Does anyone have advice for a single mom with problematic teen?

I have a bipolar 15 yr. old daughter...she has been using drugs and alcohol and refusing to take her meds...I have her enrolled in drug treatment after I found out she was huffing Blow Off (electronics cleaner)...I have done everything in my power as a parent to help her...any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.Does anyone have advice for a single mom with problematic teen?
beat dat ***Does anyone have advice for a single mom with problematic teen?
hey i am a teenager!!!!!! but i reely think u shud speak 2 her abt this. make her undrstand that what shes doing is not gud 4 her. mebbe send her 4 sum drug rehab. where she can come out of that habit. u need 2 undrstand her fears and hopes, act frndly 2wards her. well, thats all i kin say! gud luck!!!!! :)
The best way to help is to keep her in the drug treatment center. Make sure that she knows you love her and that is why you are keeping her in the program. Every person, I think should learn from experience and mistake. It may take her time to realize why you are keeping her in this treatment center. I know being a teen I never understood why my parents were they way they were, grounding me and being so strict. But, once I had children I now understand. Just keep positive!! I would say pray b/c that always helps me, but I am unsure of your religious beliefs. Always have faith in her, but don't have complete trust. Let her know that you and there and you love her and that is the best thinkg a mom can do!!
Dear Mom,





Ask for help from her primary care doctor for a referral to a residential school. Without her taking her meds for her bipolar she will remain out of control. You are in for a long haul Mom! Being 15 is hard enough these days much less being bipolar. You can talk till you are blue in the face and even threaten her but she MUST be under the care of a psychiatrist while taking her lithium. Good Luck Mom! You might want to find yourself a support group just for YOU.





Just know that YOU are not alone with this problem.
send her ungrateful azz to military school, she'll straighten up then.
get her away from her bad influential friends , take time to really listen to what she is saying when you talk to her about her problem, (listen dont interupt her) and tell her no matter what she thinks you do still love her and eveyone makes mistake, tell her you didnt give birth to her to let her die at a young age , and its not too late to turn her life around , then find some information on tough love .
...if you've done everything you know as a parent that would help her...try praying for her and still be there for her..whatever your child is going through she'll soon get out of it as long as you won't give up on her and untiringly show her your love and care...if the medications don't seem to work anymore...try going through it with your daughter without the medications and just be stronger..its hard...but being her mom you're the only person who can do it...God Bless..
Don't bail her out of every bad situation she gets herself into. I know it's really hard, but sometimes they really need greater consequences than you can create to make them realize they need to shape up.
That's a tough one. I used to work at a juvie detention center and a drug/alcohol facility (2 diff. organizations and unrelated). It sounds as if she's in an outpatient program... I think that you may want to look into a residential program for her. That way, she'll be in a more controlled environment, it'll be harder for her to get her hands on drugs and chemicals, and there will be more structure for her. As well as both positive and negative consequences for positive and negative behavior.
Unfortunately the best answer I could give would be tough love. If she insists on not following rules than mabye she should be out of your house and on her own. It is amazing what a taste of reality can do to a girl. You have to have faith in your raising of her and believe that she all ready has a good moral base to fall back on without your help.