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Day 3 With Us...we think there is more going on than just drugs.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 586062" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>He could have bipolar, he could be borderline (borderlines have more moods than bipolars do and they switch from minute to minute or every thirty seconds and they can't have good relationships with others). However, this is all mixed in with drugs and you don't know for a fact that all he is taking is pot. Drugs make kids and adults act very bipolar and erratic. My daughter did and got the bipolar diagnosis. Then she quit the drugs. Guess what? No more punching walls, swearing, hysterical crying fits, no more bipolar symptoms. </p><p></p><p>If your son does have bipolar, borderline, both or something else entirely, drugs of any kind will only make them worse. I'm reading a really good book now that I wish your son would read (Lethal Inheritance, A Mother Uncovers the Science of Generational Mental Illness by Victoria Costello). This by the way is not exactly the correct name, but I have a Kindle and it won't show me the entire title...lol. but, the book itself is not funny. She is a scientist and got big kudos in the medication community for studying mental illness as it runs in families and early signs and how to help. It clearly states that kids who smoke pot AND IF THOSE KIDS ARE PRONE TO SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BIPOLAR they are far, far, far (forgot the rate) more likely to become psychotic than if they DON'T use pot. Not using pot is a safeguard for kids who have a ****ing mental health history on either side of their family tree, like your son does. He isn't helping himself at all with the weed and if we has bipolar, he is making it worse (at least according to this great book). I can't recommend it enough to EVERYONE here. It has ways we can be proactive before our susceptible kids (gentically at risk) even have any symptoms of mental illness...things you can do maybe for your younger kids who seem like regular kids right now.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, in my opinion as long as your son likes weed and possibly other drugs, diagnosing a mental illness will be hard because the drugs themselves cause symptoms and behaviors that mimic different mental illnesses, but you can try. And if you buy this book a nd can get your son to read the part about pot...you never know what may trigger some young adult to change his path. Just like some kids can't drink normally, some can't take pot. </p><p></p><p>Gentle hugs and I hope your son agrees to at least listen to your concerns and try to address them. In the end, he alone can change himself and his life. You can talk until you are blue in the face (we did) and until he's ready to give up the drugs, there is nothing you can do other than to tell him you'll be there for him if he changes his mind and to try to detach from his bad choices, and that gets really hard, but it can be done. He's the one who can make himself better. Good luck to both of you. Keep us updated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 586062, member: 1550"] He could have bipolar, he could be borderline (borderlines have more moods than bipolars do and they switch from minute to minute or every thirty seconds and they can't have good relationships with others). However, this is all mixed in with drugs and you don't know for a fact that all he is taking is pot. Drugs make kids and adults act very bipolar and erratic. My daughter did and got the bipolar diagnosis. Then she quit the drugs. Guess what? No more punching walls, swearing, hysterical crying fits, no more bipolar symptoms. If your son does have bipolar, borderline, both or something else entirely, drugs of any kind will only make them worse. I'm reading a really good book now that I wish your son would read (Lethal Inheritance, A Mother Uncovers the Science of Generational Mental Illness by Victoria Costello). This by the way is not exactly the correct name, but I have a Kindle and it won't show me the entire title...lol. but, the book itself is not funny. She is a scientist and got big kudos in the medication community for studying mental illness as it runs in families and early signs and how to help. It clearly states that kids who smoke pot AND IF THOSE KIDS ARE PRONE TO SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BIPOLAR they are far, far, far (forgot the rate) more likely to become psychotic than if they DON'T use pot. Not using pot is a safeguard for kids who have a ****ing mental health history on either side of their family tree, like your son does. He isn't helping himself at all with the weed and if we has bipolar, he is making it worse (at least according to this great book). I can't recommend it enough to EVERYONE here. It has ways we can be proactive before our susceptible kids (gentically at risk) even have any symptoms of mental illness...things you can do maybe for your younger kids who seem like regular kids right now. At any rate, in my opinion as long as your son likes weed and possibly other drugs, diagnosing a mental illness will be hard because the drugs themselves cause symptoms and behaviors that mimic different mental illnesses, but you can try. And if you buy this book a nd can get your son to read the part about pot...you never know what may trigger some young adult to change his path. Just like some kids can't drink normally, some can't take pot. Gentle hugs and I hope your son agrees to at least listen to your concerns and try to address them. In the end, he alone can change himself and his life. You can talk until you are blue in the face (we did) and until he's ready to give up the drugs, there is nothing you can do other than to tell him you'll be there for him if he changes his mind and to try to detach from his bad choices, and that gets really hard, but it can be done. He's the one who can make himself better. Good luck to both of you. Keep us updated. [/QUOTE]
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