All Forum Posts by: Sarah Maddox

Tim Chapman, is that directed at me, or Robert?

I also would like to add, I have done a lot of research about the fair housing act in my state since I posted this, and in fact I do have recourse, thanks. I am considered disabled, and a reasonable accommodation could include penalty free termination of my lease, just based in the PTSD, which obviously was acquired after I moved in. What I'd need to do is get my doctor to sign a letter saying she recommends I move, which would not be a problem considering I am living on my moms couch, dreading and fearing going back home just to get some more clothes or grab something else. So maybe open your mind a little bit, get out of Kennesaw, and accept that mental health doesn't always fit into a neat little box or textbook page. Thanks.

All I said I was diagnosed after they were born. I have always had some issues, but they have gotten worse since the trauma. I don't need you to understand, but accept that I saw a very qualified neuropsychologist for my diagnosis, and underwent hours of interviews and psychological testing. Also, do you know how terribly unsafe it is for the babies to carry them both downstairs at once? If I fall, I cannot catch myself. I will not put them in danger. Period. I will not leave one to get the other. Period. I also will not leave them upstairs while I get their things down. They are medically fragile and I wont leave them alone. Period. 

And YES, a traumatic birth and NICU stay CAN cause PTSD. Often, in fact. Watching your child suffer and struggle to live is traumatic. Period.

I have not, but they are a management company and  the people i am in contact with do not have the authority to allow leeway. I would have to over their heads, and even then I am unsure of who I would speak to, and if they'd be sympathetic. My lease is very clear about subletting, it is absolutely not allowed, and I am not allowed to find a new tennant. It is very strict. 

I know my doctors and therapist would write letters and recommend I leave, as it has been very clear for a long time that my living situation is a huge problem, I just don't even know if I legally have any footing. 

And I am unsure of what you are saying in the last 2 paragraphs, could you elaborate a little further?

I'm not great right now, so I will try to be as clear as possible, bear with me. In October of last year, my husband and i upgraded our apartment to a two bedroom, as we were expecting twins in december. Things went downhill quickly for me, and right before we were supposed to move in, my water broke, more than 10 weeks early. I had my twins two dayd later via emergency csection. We moved in a week after I had them, and they were in the NICU. This started a huge downward spiral for me. I was almost institutionalized twice during their hospital stay, and since they've been home, have been diagnosed with unspecified bipolar disorder, agoraphobia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, ADHD and a severe panic disorder. I am no longer a functioning human being. My husband works more than any person should, and I am alone, and very trapped in that 2nd story apartment which greatly exacerbates my agoraphobia and my panic disorder. I can't go out with my twins because it's impossible to get them downstairs by myself, and when I am unstable, it is difficult for my mother to get to me because of the location of the apartment. The apartment itself is also very PTSD triggering for me, as i was living there during rhe teins' NICU stay and that is the traumatic event the PTSD stems from. 

I have been living in my moms living room, but that is not permanent and I can't stay there much longer. what I really need is to move closer to my mom, in a first floor building, and in a larger space for my mother in law to move in with me to help me get to my many appointments and to help with the babies when I am very unwell, which is often. Do I have any recourse? I know it is not the apartment owners fault, but I cannot stay there and there is nothing I can think of that would make the situation any better. They do not allow subletting and will not let me find another renter. I would need to make this all about the law. I want to do it as respectfully as possible, as they have been nothing but good to me and my family, and give them plenty of notice.