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difficult child breakdown; back to square one
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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 307706" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>Thanks, GN. I would really like difficult child to get testing done. I think there's much more going on than just the substance abuse. It's more that he gets super-anxious, can't cope with routines at work, customers, or completing a list of tasks, and either quits or gets fired. He perceives everything weirdly. He gets panic attacks and gets depressed and suicidal. He self-medicates when the anxiety and depression get too strong, I think. He went many months after his outpatient rehab last year without touching anything. He just started again this summer. </p><p></p><p>I guess I hope his medical history (early onset BiPolar (BP), all the other diagnoses) plus his current depression/anxiety/panic attacks/inability to keep a job because of all of the above would mean he would qualify. But maybe he wouldn't. Truth is, though, he cannot work right now and I don't know if he'll ever be able to handle a job. And he has NO street smarts. He's the 'friend' who got left standing in the headlights when the cops showed up in college, the one who always got into trouble when everyone else in the group slipped away. He just doesn't have those self-preservation smarts. He can't 'read' people, can't understand interpersonal dynamics and situations, doesn't know what to say or do in most circumstances. Customer interactions at a job totally stress him out. Staff interactions stress him out just about as much. From his stories I can usually tell that he has totally misinterpreted a lot of interactions; he has no insight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 307706, member: 2884"] Thanks, GN. I would really like difficult child to get testing done. I think there's much more going on than just the substance abuse. It's more that he gets super-anxious, can't cope with routines at work, customers, or completing a list of tasks, and either quits or gets fired. He perceives everything weirdly. He gets panic attacks and gets depressed and suicidal. He self-medicates when the anxiety and depression get too strong, I think. He went many months after his outpatient rehab last year without touching anything. He just started again this summer. I guess I hope his medical history (early onset BiPolar (BP), all the other diagnoses) plus his current depression/anxiety/panic attacks/inability to keep a job because of all of the above would mean he would qualify. But maybe he wouldn't. Truth is, though, he cannot work right now and I don't know if he'll ever be able to handle a job. And he has NO street smarts. He's the 'friend' who got left standing in the headlights when the cops showed up in college, the one who always got into trouble when everyone else in the group slipped away. He just doesn't have those self-preservation smarts. He can't 'read' people, can't understand interpersonal dynamics and situations, doesn't know what to say or do in most circumstances. Customer interactions at a job totally stress him out. Staff interactions stress him out just about as much. From his stories I can usually tell that he has totally misinterpreted a lot of interactions; he has no insight. [/QUOTE]
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