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<blockquote data-quote="Oona" data-source="post: 603054" data-attributes="member: 16683"><p>My son moved in with his Dad and step mom when he was 15. In a new state, new school, new friends...new distractions too. Raiding medicine and liquor cabinets was the after school activity of choice, apparently. Dad and stepmom lost enthusiasm with parenting the after too many unacceptable encounters and boy and his newly acquired bad habits moved back in with me.</p><p></p><p>Between senior year and the two years following he was hospitalized a few times, had lots of counseling and medication changes. variously diagnosed as depressed, anxious...but nothing ever helped. he was dropped by a few Dr.'s after several no shows.</p><p></p><p>The last 3 years have been an ever escalating cycle of hospitalization, suicide attempts, overdoses, minor arrests, car accidents, detox etc. The last 6 months or so have been soul crushing. He just turned 26, dropped from my insurance, has taken to cutting and burning himself. He's not been clean for more than two weeks.</p><p></p><p>After the last hospitalization he was able to avail himself of the community mental health services because he has no insurance. When he was released from the hospital the plan was for him to transition to 90 day residential. There was a time lag, and though I felt he should go to a homeless shelter in the meantime (all short term attempts to have him in my home, or his Dads have been disastrous), the Dr. Really wanted the boy to be home...and of course he used within a very short time but before a bed was available at the residential. </p><p></p><p>Within the last year or so he was finally diagnosed bipolar, borderline, chronic suicide. He's on plenty of medications and truly has more support than all of us in this situation combined. But he has steadfastly sidestepped cooperating in his own recovery.</p><p></p><p>Before he went into the last residential, just about 3weeks ago, his Dad and I told him that if he wallks out, he will be walking into homelessness. So he was admitted into residential, and walked out 2weeks later. On his way to Who-know-where he picked up some of his drug-of-choice, cough medicine, went to one of the many out patient programs he's been involved with, and told them he wants to kill himself. He was taken to the hospital that day.</p><p>pHe's since been admitted to the psychiatric hospital that is so familiar now it's like my vacation home. It's only when he's there that I can relax.</p><p></p><p>I have a great psychiatrist and am being treated for PTSD as a result of all of this. Not allowing the boy back into my home is n</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oona, post: 603054, member: 16683"] My son moved in with his Dad and step mom when he was 15. In a new state, new school, new friends...new distractions too. Raiding medicine and liquor cabinets was the after school activity of choice, apparently. Dad and stepmom lost enthusiasm with parenting the after too many unacceptable encounters and boy and his newly acquired bad habits moved back in with me. Between senior year and the two years following he was hospitalized a few times, had lots of counseling and medication changes. variously diagnosed as depressed, anxious...but nothing ever helped. he was dropped by a few Dr.'s after several no shows. The last 3 years have been an ever escalating cycle of hospitalization, suicide attempts, overdoses, minor arrests, car accidents, detox etc. The last 6 months or so have been soul crushing. He just turned 26, dropped from my insurance, has taken to cutting and burning himself. He's not been clean for more than two weeks. After the last hospitalization he was able to avail himself of the community mental health services because he has no insurance. When he was released from the hospital the plan was for him to transition to 90 day residential. There was a time lag, and though I felt he should go to a homeless shelter in the meantime (all short term attempts to have him in my home, or his Dads have been disastrous), the Dr. Really wanted the boy to be home...and of course he used within a very short time but before a bed was available at the residential. Within the last year or so he was finally diagnosed bipolar, borderline, chronic suicide. He's on plenty of medications and truly has more support than all of us in this situation combined. But he has steadfastly sidestepped cooperating in his own recovery. Before he went into the last residential, just about 3weeks ago, his Dad and I told him that if he wallks out, he will be walking into homelessness. So he was admitted into residential, and walked out 2weeks later. On his way to Who-know-where he picked up some of his drug-of-choice, cough medicine, went to one of the many out patient programs he's been involved with, and told them he wants to kill himself. He was taken to the hospital that day. pHe's since been admitted to the psychiatric hospital that is so familiar now it's like my vacation home. It's only when he's there that I can relax. I have a great psychiatrist and am being treated for PTSD as a result of all of this. Not allowing the boy back into my home is n [/QUOTE]
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