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My Adult Son Has Been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Severe Depression and Anxiety
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<blockquote data-quote="Sam3" data-source="post: 724337" data-attributes="member: 19290"><p>Hi.</p><p></p><p>I’m so sorry for what is happening to your son and family.</p><p></p><p>I have not been at odds constantly with my husband over how to respond to our son’s issues, but have recently had a spell of feeling split between being a wife and being a mother. That was very hard and isolating. I feel for your loneliness.</p><p></p><p>I couldn’t possibly diagnose your son, but Bipolar sufferers often stop taking beneficial medications because they are entering a manic phase and either think they’re fine or do not want to miss the high of the mania. Sometimes SSRIs can trigger mania, so you should inform his psychiatrist about the developments, and maybe he or she can get him back in.</p><p></p><p>Is there someone else who doesn’t trigger him who might be able to help him gain insight into how he acts on and off medications?</p><p></p><p>Or maybe before the medications wear off, you could record how he speaks to you, so he can compare it with his tone unmedicated. Even just letting him hear or see in a quieter moment how abusive his tirades are, could be enlightening.</p><p></p><p>But you would have to have a very caring and even professional tone in attempting this.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, living in fear of your son is not sustainable for you or your husband. Maybe you can agree on that principle, and on boundaries for your sons behavior.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes it helps just to deal with the transactional stuff and leave the whys out of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sam3, post: 724337, member: 19290"] Hi. I’m so sorry for what is happening to your son and family. I have not been at odds constantly with my husband over how to respond to our son’s issues, but have recently had a spell of feeling split between being a wife and being a mother. That was very hard and isolating. I feel for your loneliness. I couldn’t possibly diagnose your son, but Bipolar sufferers often stop taking beneficial medications because they are entering a manic phase and either think they’re fine or do not want to miss the high of the mania. Sometimes SSRIs can trigger mania, so you should inform his psychiatrist about the developments, and maybe he or she can get him back in. Is there someone else who doesn’t trigger him who might be able to help him gain insight into how he acts on and off medications? Or maybe before the medications wear off, you could record how he speaks to you, so he can compare it with his tone unmedicated. Even just letting him hear or see in a quieter moment how abusive his tirades are, could be enlightening. But you would have to have a very caring and even professional tone in attempting this. Regardless, living in fear of your son is not sustainable for you or your husband. Maybe you can agree on that principle, and on boundaries for your sons behavior. Sometimes it helps just to deal with the transactional stuff and leave the whys out of it. [/QUOTE]
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