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My son had it all. Even his therapist in his current Rehab program told us the other day she can’t believe the young man sitting in front of her now was once an honors student at a great honors college, lived in Russia for a semester, #1 in his fraternity, won scholarships, etc. Now he is in...

I like this thinking. I finally decided to stop asking ‘Why? and now ask ‘what?’ As in what is he doing that is making all of us miserable, what can we do to put a stop to the drama in our lives and most importantly, what is his to own and fix and what is ours? At this point ‘why’ doesn’t...

I also don’t post here much though I keep up with the forum. Since my son took an accidental overdose of a prescription muscle relaxer given to him by his psychiatrist (who specializes in addictions!) in May, I have been researching our next step. He completed a PHP and did well. No drug use or...

I've been following your story also and am so sorry your son relapsed, too. I agree with the IP care. We are meeting with his therapist and psychiatrist at the IOP tomorrow. We may press the issue. This on again, off again form of substance abuse is so hard because it too easy to write it off...

Colleen, my son sounds very much like yours... different drugs and no dealing but emotionally similar. My son also expresses the cynicism, conspiracy theories, etc. I think it's a product of the internet and social media. I use to worry about the conspiracy theory thing (like he seemed, at...

I do agree about the depression. My son has been majorly depressed for months. He barely left his bed and didn't shower for days on end. Depression tends to be an around the clock issue though some days are clearly worse then others. Having him evaluated at the intake center is an excellent...

Here's an update... He went to the IOP assessment Monday and started the program today. Hubby and I confronted him with his bags packed and a bag of groceries last night and told him he could either move out right then or he would abide by our conditions - IOP, clean drug tests, restricted...

IP Rehab is an option but none of his past or present therapists nor the psychiatrist he sees thinks he needs that level of care. It's been a long slog to even get someone to recommend Intensive Outpatient and that only occurs after I mentioned it several times to his therapist. My son, like a...

Nope... not even one little bit. While you can control a child, you can't control an adult regardless of the reason they are out of control. You've spent years trying to get him help, sheltering and feeding him. There are resources out there, it's his choice to use them or not. But I'm also a...

Well, the good news is son has an appointment tomorrow for an assessment at the Intensive Outpatient Program. We sat down Friday afternoon together and made the call. Due to his introverted nature, he will almost never make the first call. We and his therapist have been trying for weeks to get...

That's an all too familiar feeling. Our son is an only child and having no other siblings to compare him to it's hard not to feel like we did something wrong. I know deep down, we didn't cause this. He was well-loved, taken care of, received a top notch education. All the adults in his life were...

Our son had an episode last summer very much like you described. It's turns out he had taken a large amount of Xanax, drank a carton of wine, downed 2 bottles of Robitussin and a Red Bull for good measure. When he came home that night, I could tell he had been drinking but he didn't appear...

Speaking from experience, it sounds like your son is plying himself with weed, alcohol, misusing his prescriptions AND playing Xbox non-stop in an attempt to numb his emotional pain. I've watched my 25 year old son do the same thing and we've been going through a similar scenario for the last 4...

I understand the struggle you are having.... it's not easy to be in this situation. Do you think she is having sex with Ferb or other students or is it just a way for her to feel young again? Do you think she leads them on and Ferb will get his heart broken? I agree if he pays for his phone...

I also agree. Privacy is something you give up when you allow yourself to be financially dependent on someone else. And, quite frankly, had we not done some snooping on son, we wouldn't have realized the depth of his substance abuse issues. I feel like, to a point, a parent who is supporting an...

I think this is a great suggestion. You're not saying it's your son and you aren't directly accusing her but it would (hopefully) put the administrators on alert and they would probably watch her more closely. I always think about how many people had to have known about the child sex abuse...

I can and have send his psychiatrist an email. His therapist knows and works closely with the psychiatrist and has a call into him also. Was your son tested for Narcolepsy? Mine had very pronounced sleep latency test results. Several years later we saw a sleep specialist who also publishes a...

Wow, I haven't watched Dr. Phil in a long time but I would have loved to have seen his response to that.

I know! Makes no sense whatsoever to me. They are willing to take drugs from unknown origins with unknown contents but not prescription drugs. Sometimes I think it's the stigma attached to mental health issues that keeps people from taking their medications. Sorry about that. Intensive...

I have thought about Disability. He has scoffed at the idea (too proud) but many people with Narcolepsy are on disability. Because of his medical issues, I have a very hard time knowing what is willful defiance, apathy and lack of motivation vs. a medical issue like the narcolepsy, depression...