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update on 22 year old bipolar who is difficult to live with
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<blockquote data-quote="helpangel" data-source="post: 606493" data-attributes="member: 7170"><p>I was wondering what your son was like before he hit this angry disobedient phase? Was this change following a traumatic event of some sort? Was he of normal IQ during his early school years? These are all things the psychiatrist will consider when they evaluate him to figure out what his diagnosis is; unfortunately he is never going to meet a psychiatrist if he is living in a tree somewhere telling a squirrel how he is right and his family is wrong.</p><p></p><p>I would ask him why he feels he should live life with no boundaries? Does he feel entitled to take or destroy others property? Disrespect them? Try to see this from his perspective (not yours). With Angel I had to get rid of the list of house rules (even with calling it a code of conduct); she knows what they are but can't handle looking at that list, she's same way with any kind of chore/ behavior/ rewards etc charts. Took years before I could keep a calendar on the wall. There are sometimes that because of their illness certain things or triggers will cause them to get stuck or explode. It sounds to me that there is something about the word "rule" that causes your son to turn off his listening abilities or to get stuck. </p><p></p><p>Then again I never met your son, just know where my kids react to the same type stuff and thought I might give you a different slant to look at this. Wishing you the best.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpangel, post: 606493, member: 7170"] I was wondering what your son was like before he hit this angry disobedient phase? Was this change following a traumatic event of some sort? Was he of normal IQ during his early school years? These are all things the psychiatrist will consider when they evaluate him to figure out what his diagnosis is; unfortunately he is never going to meet a psychiatrist if he is living in a tree somewhere telling a squirrel how he is right and his family is wrong. I would ask him why he feels he should live life with no boundaries? Does he feel entitled to take or destroy others property? Disrespect them? Try to see this from his perspective (not yours). With Angel I had to get rid of the list of house rules (even with calling it a code of conduct); she knows what they are but can't handle looking at that list, she's same way with any kind of chore/ behavior/ rewards etc charts. Took years before I could keep a calendar on the wall. There are sometimes that because of their illness certain things or triggers will cause them to get stuck or explode. It sounds to me that there is something about the word "rule" that causes your son to turn off his listening abilities or to get stuck. Then again I never met your son, just know where my kids react to the same type stuff and thought I might give you a different slant to look at this. Wishing you the best. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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