Parents Victims of mental illness

I am the "Pasco mom accused of belting my child with a belt" I am now ready to set the the story staight.... this "child" at the time was 17yrs old few months shy of turning 18. A little about myself.... I am a loving, dedicated, responsible mother of 3 beautiful children ages 18, 13 and 11 in addition to a devoted wife married 15yrs and a devoted daughter and caregiver to my now disabled mother and best friend. My first born has always been very smart, so intelligent that she completed 2 grades in 1 year thus graduating at 17. We have always worked very hard to provide our children with love and support and a healthy environment. at the age of 14 our daughter started displaying an extreme change in behavior... it was brought to our attention by her ex beau when he called me and said "Mom how is hr cancer doing?... to which I replied what are you talking about?!!! Cancer? she doesnt have cancer... to then him saying that "I" had texted him and told him that she was now in remission.... Remission? I texted you? absolutly not. Any way not only did we discover that she was he one that had pretended to be me and texted him, but that she had told a string of horrible lies from me trying to shoot her in the head with a gun, to her being "Jumped" by a gang in China town New York, to accusing another teen of trying to rape her .... full CSI investigation conducted and nothing found to validate accusation. As you can see these are Serious alegations that  can clearly damage and ruin an individuals reputation, character and life. We took immediate action by taking her to counceling and even had to change her from school because she claimed that she was being bullied by her classmates. She got with the wrong crowed , was doing drugs having sex with multiple partners male and female and was in a rapid spiral down hill. She was cutting, was baker acted 4 times, was caught stealing and almost didnt graduate had it not been for our support and constant intervention. I had decided to try to get a night job at the hospital and after a month had to resig because our 2 younger children revealed to us that she was bringing people into the house and doing drugs and engaging in sexual activiy and she had threatened them that if they told us they wouldnt see the sun rise. we were of course extremely dissapointed and because of that told her she needed to leave and we packed up her stuff I asked her for my Iphone back she started cursing at me and disrespecting me .... she said she wasnt going to tell me where my F.... cell was.... I continued to ask her for it and she kept lying to me and disrespecting me... so tired of the utter lack of respect I went and grabbed a belt and told her If she didnt stop lying and give me my phone i was going to use it... She chuckled... I just dropped it and told my husband to take her and drop her off at the college dorms at her friends... we advised her that we would be going to fill out paper work for on campus living and that we were taking back the car we had ust bought for her with the help from family. He dropped her off at 8pm and at 12am the door bell rang  and it was the cops. I thought the worst... I thought that she had either tried to end her life again or that shw had gotten into a car accident or in trouble but never did I imagine that she would Falsley accuse me of Child abuse let alone that the police would believe her. The Cop that arrested me asked me "why did you grab a belt?" I said "I dont know... to scare her".... he made his way into my house checked on my other 2 children who were sleeping and saw that there was clearly no abuse ever going on in this home yet still arrested me. he was unproffessional and in his line of questioning that made me feel extremely uncomfortable and made race related statements such as "I know first hand how ya'll latin woman are with are spicy attitudes" to asking me why I was still with my husband and that I was to pretty to stay with him. he even wiped my tears and hugged me.... When DCF showed up the next morning they interviewed my to youngest children and family and immediatly new that this was a wrongful arrest even saying "mam we are so sorry .. who arrested you? because we would have never arested you. When I said "Daughtry" they were not surprised saying omg.. he is known for doing this... Charge where dropped. my daghter got caught stealling again was kicked out of college going to stip clubs doing drugs and completly out of control...where was the state? who was now protecting my child? My hands were tied ....finally she was sent to a behavioral health institution where sha was diagnosed with Bipolar Manic disorder....She was there for almost 60 days and is on meds... Mental Illness is a rapid increasing issue affecting our youth today and its affecting parents lives as well.