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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 764079" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>Thank you Nomad for sharing your experience. You have been at this for a long time and I admire the way you take care of yourself while you manage the chaos of dealing with a mentally ill child. Not much difference in behavior from the drug addicted child who appears to be in psychosis.</p><p></p><p>I’m not sure if my son will ever be “normal” again. Meth seems to have that effect on people. I have often wondered if he would ever fully mature. Even before the drugs. He is so far behind his peers in that respect. His friends keep waiting for him to grow up but sadly, I feel like they will eventually surpass him and have little in common with him someday.</p><p></p><p>Exactly. I told my counselor it’s as if a part of his brain is missing, as awful as that sounds. But something is just not there. And I think it may have something to do with his mother’s drug and alcohol abuse when she was pregnant with him. She used her drugs in the first trimester when the fetus’ brain develops. We know she only did drugs (crack, meth) early on because she was incarcerated during the latter part of her pregnancy.</p><p></p><p>I truly get it. The day I said “goodbye” to my son, he was thinking about moving out of town to be with this girl he had met at the psychiatric hospital and knew for only a few days! And apparently, she’s homeless too. Unbelievable.</p><p></p><p>Thank you again, Nomad. The hugs, and prayers, and good advice are much appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 764079, member: 23742"] Thank you Nomad for sharing your experience. You have been at this for a long time and I admire the way you take care of yourself while you manage the chaos of dealing with a mentally ill child. Not much difference in behavior from the drug addicted child who appears to be in psychosis. I’m not sure if my son will ever be “normal” again. Meth seems to have that effect on people. I have often wondered if he would ever fully mature. Even before the drugs. He is so far behind his peers in that respect. His friends keep waiting for him to grow up but sadly, I feel like they will eventually surpass him and have little in common with him someday. Exactly. I told my counselor it’s as if a part of his brain is missing, as awful as that sounds. But something is just not there. And I think it may have something to do with his mother’s drug and alcohol abuse when she was pregnant with him. She used her drugs in the first trimester when the fetus’ brain develops. We know she only did drugs (crack, meth) early on because she was incarcerated during the latter part of her pregnancy. I truly get it. The day I said “goodbye” to my son, he was thinking about moving out of town to be with this girl he had met at the psychiatric hospital and knew for only a few days! And apparently, she’s homeless too. Unbelievable. Thank you again, Nomad. The hugs, and prayers, and good advice are much appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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