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<blockquote data-quote="strugglingdad" data-source="post: 651031" data-attributes="member: 18750"><p>Sorry I haven't stopped by here in awhile...life has been hectic. </p><p></p><p>The psychologist that did his ADHD evalution say he definitely has ADHD along with anxiety and mild depression. The report goes to a doctor that will write a prescription for some medication. That app't is this week. I really believe he needs it if he is going to have a shot at success in life. He'll burn himself to the ground otherwise.</p><p></p><p>The drug use I believe, for now anyway, has stopped. He is still expecting the random call from the courts to come in and be drug tested. That's probably the only reason he's staying clean. He spends all of his free time at home because, to use his words, "All of my friends smoke pot, so I can't be around them or I might fail my drug test." I'm both happy that he has some sense of self-preservation, and sad that he has no friends that are clean or would abstain from drugs so they can hang out with him. I know he's lonely and even though he and I used to be the best of pals, I can't fill that void. He got his learners permit and has been doing a fair amount of driving with us. I know he enjoys driving and I'm hoping that knowing it's a revocable privilege will act as a long term deterrent. </p><p></p><p>But I'm worried about what he will do when he's off probation...I believe it's the only reason he's staying clean. I contacted the court officer to ask what my options are if I find out he starts using again after probation and I let my son know what those options were and that I would not just do nothing. At least now he knows what the consequences of disobeying the law and the rules of our home will be. He'll have some choices to make. When I was having that conversation with him, he said he dreams about smoking pot...he really misses it. Ugh. And when I told him that the last few weeks have been pretty nice (he's a jerk when he's using), he disagreed...he said it's been hell. I don't know what to say to that. I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="strugglingdad, post: 651031, member: 18750"] Sorry I haven't stopped by here in awhile...life has been hectic. The psychologist that did his ADHD evalution say he definitely has ADHD along with anxiety and mild depression. The report goes to a doctor that will write a prescription for some medication. That app't is this week. I really believe he needs it if he is going to have a shot at success in life. He'll burn himself to the ground otherwise. The drug use I believe, for now anyway, has stopped. He is still expecting the random call from the courts to come in and be drug tested. That's probably the only reason he's staying clean. He spends all of his free time at home because, to use his words, "All of my friends smoke pot, so I can't be around them or I might fail my drug test." I'm both happy that he has some sense of self-preservation, and sad that he has no friends that are clean or would abstain from drugs so they can hang out with him. I know he's lonely and even though he and I used to be the best of pals, I can't fill that void. He got his learners permit and has been doing a fair amount of driving with us. I know he enjoys driving and I'm hoping that knowing it's a revocable privilege will act as a long term deterrent. But I'm worried about what he will do when he's off probation...I believe it's the only reason he's staying clean. I contacted the court officer to ask what my options are if I find out he starts using again after probation and I let my son know what those options were and that I would not just do nothing. At least now he knows what the consequences of disobeying the law and the rules of our home will be. He'll have some choices to make. When I was having that conversation with him, he said he dreams about smoking pot...he really misses it. Ugh. And when I told him that the last few weeks have been pretty nice (he's a jerk when he's using), he disagreed...he said it's been hell. I don't know what to say to that. I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop here. [/QUOTE]
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