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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 731393" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>Thanks to everyone for the replies. I will be responding to many threads shortly as I am just now in a position where I have some time to do so. LBL, I am delighted to hear that E is progressing in rehab and making his way back to you and hubs, one step at a time. How you have suffered with it all - how we all suffer as parents to the troubled souls of our children. Those with "normal" kids (maybe typical is a better/fairer word) just can't ever know!</p><p></p><p>We know very little as YS revoked my wife's rights to his medical information. She attempted to contact the hospital and was rebuffed. That was upsetting, to be told that she had no right to inquire about her child's condition. What we do know is that the doctors are weaning YS off his anti-depressant to see how his mania responds. According to them, if his mania subsides and disappears then he is not bipolar; if his mania persists, he is bipolar. The illness does run in his genetic line so I would not be surprised if ultimately, it comes out that he has it as well. </p><p></p><p>Of course the problem is that YS needs to have an antidepressant otherwise he will be at risk of attempting again, especially since even with the antidepressants he expresses suicidal thoughts/ideation regularly. So he will have to be monitored closely. Tragically, YS' father believes his mania is simply "a good mood" and thinks this whole situation is totally overblown. YS will remain unsupervised and I am steeling myself for what feels at the moment like an inevitable final chapter. But I don't have a working crystal ball, and I am trying to live in the moment and focus on my own affairs. I have a lot of (good) stuff happening right now and it keeps me distracted and busy.</p><p></p><p>We also know from wife's ex that YS is due to be released from the psychiatric hospital today. Ex has actually been keeping in regular touch with wife and is not withholding any information from her. So that is one small positive.</p><p></p><p>I'll keep everyone updated most likely on a new thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 731393, member: 13303"] Thanks to everyone for the replies. I will be responding to many threads shortly as I am just now in a position where I have some time to do so. LBL, I am delighted to hear that E is progressing in rehab and making his way back to you and hubs, one step at a time. How you have suffered with it all - how we all suffer as parents to the troubled souls of our children. Those with "normal" kids (maybe typical is a better/fairer word) just can't ever know! We know very little as YS revoked my wife's rights to his medical information. She attempted to contact the hospital and was rebuffed. That was upsetting, to be told that she had no right to inquire about her child's condition. What we do know is that the doctors are weaning YS off his anti-depressant to see how his mania responds. According to them, if his mania subsides and disappears then he is not bipolar; if his mania persists, he is bipolar. The illness does run in his genetic line so I would not be surprised if ultimately, it comes out that he has it as well. Of course the problem is that YS needs to have an antidepressant otherwise he will be at risk of attempting again, especially since even with the antidepressants he expresses suicidal thoughts/ideation regularly. So he will have to be monitored closely. Tragically, YS' father believes his mania is simply "a good mood" and thinks this whole situation is totally overblown. YS will remain unsupervised and I am steeling myself for what feels at the moment like an inevitable final chapter. But I don't have a working crystal ball, and I am trying to live in the moment and focus on my own affairs. I have a lot of (good) stuff happening right now and it keeps me distracted and busy. We also know from wife's ex that YS is due to be released from the psychiatric hospital today. Ex has actually been keeping in regular touch with wife and is not withholding any information from her. So that is one small positive. I'll keep everyone updated most likely on a new thread. [/QUOTE]
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