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My 19 yr old stopped his depression/adhd medications...
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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul1" data-source="post: 682461" data-attributes="member: 19755"><p>Thanks very much New Leaf, Copabanana and Pigless in VA (had to chuckle at that name). Your support, along with everyone else on this board has been amazing, and even sometimes i'll go thru periods i don't post due to drama in my life. However, i often will go on the board and re-read many of the postings as well as find inspiration and strength when i read other parent's similar stories. I see many similar situations to my own....so many many common scenarios. </p><p></p><p>I agree, when i enable him, he never steps up. When i remained strong in my resolve in regards to my not paying for his medications when it was covered by his drug card (which he lost)...as hard as it was, and to be honest i had reached my limit as he has done that so many times and expected me to pick up the cost...nope...not again.</p><p></p><p>I am proud of myself for saying no to him yesterday and the night before. Hopefully he will realize he can't keep asking and asking the same questions, expecting a different answer from me. His landlord who is a very kind person also urged me to stop giving him food, money or whatever......apparently there is a food bank right around the corner (so he won't starve). Frankly, even with his mental illness...he gets lazy and unmotivated. He stays up late and then sleeps the next day til 3 pm....but hopefully soon he will tire of this and motivate himself to find work. I am certain he will feel better about himself once he feels he has a purpose everyday.....his landlord told me he has met with his caseworker a few times to work on getting employment....I get confused because hard to separate the mental illness from the behavior..but that said, he is making a choice to stay up til all hours because when he takes his sleep medications he falls asleep within the hour...which leads me to believe again he may not be taking his sleep medications on a consistent basis or delays taking them so he can stay up all nite talking to his girlfriend!</p><p></p><p>Day by day....and thankful some progess is being made...slowly but surely!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul1, post: 682461, member: 19755"] Thanks very much New Leaf, Copabanana and Pigless in VA (had to chuckle at that name). Your support, along with everyone else on this board has been amazing, and even sometimes i'll go thru periods i don't post due to drama in my life. However, i often will go on the board and re-read many of the postings as well as find inspiration and strength when i read other parent's similar stories. I see many similar situations to my own....so many many common scenarios. I agree, when i enable him, he never steps up. When i remained strong in my resolve in regards to my not paying for his medications when it was covered by his drug card (which he lost)...as hard as it was, and to be honest i had reached my limit as he has done that so many times and expected me to pick up the cost...nope...not again. I am proud of myself for saying no to him yesterday and the night before. Hopefully he will realize he can't keep asking and asking the same questions, expecting a different answer from me. His landlord who is a very kind person also urged me to stop giving him food, money or whatever......apparently there is a food bank right around the corner (so he won't starve). Frankly, even with his mental illness...he gets lazy and unmotivated. He stays up late and then sleeps the next day til 3 pm....but hopefully soon he will tire of this and motivate himself to find work. I am certain he will feel better about himself once he feels he has a purpose everyday.....his landlord told me he has met with his caseworker a few times to work on getting employment....I get confused because hard to separate the mental illness from the behavior..but that said, he is making a choice to stay up til all hours because when he takes his sleep medications he falls asleep within the hour...which leads me to believe again he may not be taking his sleep medications on a consistent basis or delays taking them so he can stay up all nite talking to his girlfriend! Day by day....and thankful some progess is being made...slowly but surely! [/QUOTE]
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