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<blockquote data-quote="jamrobmic" data-source="post: 80620" data-attributes="member: 1412"><p>My son was determined to enlist this past spring, even going so far as to call a recruiter, who came to our house and had difficult child take a test and fill out some paperwork. The bipolar diagnosis didn't automatically disqualify him from enlisting, but he did have to be off of medication a certain length of time (the recruiter wasn't sure how long and was checking on it). He was also supposed to get statements from us and his therapist about why he was in treatment, how he did while in treatment, and how he has been since discontinuing treatment.</p><p></p><p>My son is also the kind of person who has to do everything right now, and that turned out to be a good thing in this case. If they had taken him that first week when he thought it was such a great idea, he would probably be overseas right now. However, the process of enlisting doesn't happen overnight, and my son decided against it after thinking it over a little. I didn't say anything for or against it, but my son does have a friend who did enlist, and the friend did try to talk him out of it. It didn't deter my son at all.</p><p></p><p>If your son is like mine, the more you try to convince him enlisting isn't the best idea, the more determined he'll be to go through with it. I would let him explore the idea, and I would bet he'll get bored with it and move on to something else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jamrobmic, post: 80620, member: 1412"] My son was determined to enlist this past spring, even going so far as to call a recruiter, who came to our house and had difficult child take a test and fill out some paperwork. The bipolar diagnosis didn't automatically disqualify him from enlisting, but he did have to be off of medication a certain length of time (the recruiter wasn't sure how long and was checking on it). He was also supposed to get statements from us and his therapist about why he was in treatment, how he did while in treatment, and how he has been since discontinuing treatment. My son is also the kind of person who has to do everything right now, and that turned out to be a good thing in this case. If they had taken him that first week when he thought it was such a great idea, he would probably be overseas right now. However, the process of enlisting doesn't happen overnight, and my son decided against it after thinking it over a little. I didn't say anything for or against it, but my son does have a friend who did enlist, and the friend did try to talk him out of it. It didn't deter my son at all. If your son is like mine, the more you try to convince him enlisting isn't the best idea, the more determined he'll be to go through with it. I would let him explore the idea, and I would bet he'll get bored with it and move on to something else. [/QUOTE]
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