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Adult son back in jail for the nth time
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<blockquote data-quote="Sister's Keeper" data-source="post: 679645" data-attributes="member: 20051"><p>Somewhere, you are absolutely correct. Also there is some research to show the longer it goes untreated, or the more lapses in compliance, the more difficult it is to treat.</p><p></p><p>Some people do very, very well on medications are are completely absent of the psychosis, others still hallucinate, or are delusional, but are able to understand that what they are experiencing is not real. Others, even on medicine, are still actively psychotic, but their psychosis or delusions aren't troubling to them and they are able to live with them. Unfortunately, it is very hard to find a medication or combination of medications that work on the symptoms, but don't have horrible side effects.</p><p></p><p>Detaching says her son also has bipolar disorder, so it sounds like what we term as schizoaffective disorder, which is, essentially, schizophrenia with the mood instability of bipolar disorder. It makes it even harder to treat.</p><p></p><p>I have known some people with treatment resistant schizophrenia who are able to live independently, but they are the ones who are very compliant with their medication. Normally they are unable to hold jobs outside of sheltered workshops because they have poor social skills and are, generally, socially isolated.</p><p></p><p>Almost all are socially isolated, some do well attending partial care programs, and are able to remain in the community in a supportive living environment or with family. Most receive SSI. </p><p></p><p>Sorry to digress, but with Detaching her son's issues are multifaceted. He self medicates the psychiatric disorders with drugs, the drugs exacerbate the psychiatric disorders. He needs a good dual diagnosis program that will treat both the addiction and the psychiatric disorder. It seems that he has an employment history, so, for him, independent living may be possible, but I wouldn't discount applying for SSI. The problem with that is he will have a steady supply of money with which to buy drugs.</p><p></p><p>Those of us that deal with addicts know that money is a HUGE trigger. Also, unfortunately, people with mental illness who have money frequently become victims because they are easily taken advantage of when they are out of it. Detaching could apply to be his payee, but that adds more stress upon her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sister's Keeper, post: 679645, member: 20051"] Somewhere, you are absolutely correct. Also there is some research to show the longer it goes untreated, or the more lapses in compliance, the more difficult it is to treat. Some people do very, very well on medications are are completely absent of the psychosis, others still hallucinate, or are delusional, but are able to understand that what they are experiencing is not real. Others, even on medicine, are still actively psychotic, but their psychosis or delusions aren't troubling to them and they are able to live with them. Unfortunately, it is very hard to find a medication or combination of medications that work on the symptoms, but don't have horrible side effects. Detaching says her son also has bipolar disorder, so it sounds like what we term as schizoaffective disorder, which is, essentially, schizophrenia with the mood instability of bipolar disorder. It makes it even harder to treat. I have known some people with treatment resistant schizophrenia who are able to live independently, but they are the ones who are very compliant with their medication. Normally they are unable to hold jobs outside of sheltered workshops because they have poor social skills and are, generally, socially isolated. Almost all are socially isolated, some do well attending partial care programs, and are able to remain in the community in a supportive living environment or with family. Most receive SSI. Sorry to digress, but with Detaching her son's issues are multifaceted. He self medicates the psychiatric disorders with drugs, the drugs exacerbate the psychiatric disorders. He needs a good dual diagnosis program that will treat both the addiction and the psychiatric disorder. It seems that he has an employment history, so, for him, independent living may be possible, but I wouldn't discount applying for SSI. The problem with that is he will have a steady supply of money with which to buy drugs. Those of us that deal with addicts know that money is a HUGE trigger. Also, unfortunately, people with mental illness who have money frequently become victims because they are easily taken advantage of when they are out of it. Detaching could apply to be his payee, but that adds more stress upon her. [/QUOTE]
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