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Antisocial Personality Disorder Diagnosis of my 18 year old son
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 432033" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Welcome to the family asldogs <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p><p></p><p>You've landed in the right place.</p><p></p><p>Since your son has had a psychiatric evaluation, is he doing treatment of any kind? I'm wondering how you were able to get him to cooperate with that evaluation as so many in his age group refuse to cooperate. Good Job!</p><p></p><p>There have been many of our kids who have required to be escorted out of the nest. While it's not wonderful to go through, often it is necessary, especially if there is any sort of abuse (verbal or physical) going on. That you son has never been physical before is good........but there is always a first time, and sometimes verbal abuse can lead to it, not that verbal abuse can't be hard enough to put it with alone. </p><p></p><p>Best advice I can think of is for you to first and always remember you're now dealing with an adult, even if he's acting out like a 2 yr old complete with temper tantrums and the like. Since he's an adult your options are limited. You can't make him do a darn thing. You can, however, control what you will/won't put up with in both your life and in your own home. I suggest, if you haven't already done so, to sit down and write out the house rules for what seems fair for an adult living in your home. (not your child, view is as it would be any adult living in your home) Then match those up with consequences you are sure you can follow through and live with. And stick to your guns. </p><p></p><p>Next piece of advice: education, learn all you can about treatments, the diagnosis itself, ect. It will help you cope, help you to guide should he be open to it at some point, help you to know what to expect ect. </p><p></p><p>It helps us to offer suggestions ect if we have more info to go on, behavior background ect. And trust me.........you most likely aren't going to shock us, nor will we judge you.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to getting to know you.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 432033, member: 84"] Welcome to the family asldogs :hugs: You've landed in the right place. Since your son has had a psychiatric evaluation, is he doing treatment of any kind? I'm wondering how you were able to get him to cooperate with that evaluation as so many in his age group refuse to cooperate. Good Job! There have been many of our kids who have required to be escorted out of the nest. While it's not wonderful to go through, often it is necessary, especially if there is any sort of abuse (verbal or physical) going on. That you son has never been physical before is good........but there is always a first time, and sometimes verbal abuse can lead to it, not that verbal abuse can't be hard enough to put it with alone. Best advice I can think of is for you to first and always remember you're now dealing with an adult, even if he's acting out like a 2 yr old complete with temper tantrums and the like. Since he's an adult your options are limited. You can't make him do a darn thing. You can, however, control what you will/won't put up with in both your life and in your own home. I suggest, if you haven't already done so, to sit down and write out the house rules for what seems fair for an adult living in your home. (not your child, view is as it would be any adult living in your home) Then match those up with consequences you are sure you can follow through and live with. And stick to your guns. Next piece of advice: education, learn all you can about treatments, the diagnosis itself, ect. It will help you cope, help you to guide should he be open to it at some point, help you to know what to expect ect. It helps us to offer suggestions ect if we have more info to go on, behavior background ect. And trust me.........you most likely aren't going to shock us, nor will we judge you. Looking forward to getting to know you. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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