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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 190081" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. As one who has bipolar myself, I still would have thought it was smart for my parents to have made me leave home if I did not try to help myself, was violent, and used drugs, which make any mental illness worse (can cause violence even without mental illness). From my own daughter's addiction and recovery, and her words of wisdom from the side of an ex-addict, whatever you know he is doing, he is 90&#37; probably doing much more--maybe even cocaine or amphetamines (ADHD drugs crushed and snorted with coke is popular). Psychedelics are back in style..joy, joy...and anyone with mental illness who messes with THEM may never recover, but you can't stop him...no matter how much or little he is doing, he is dangerous and he isn't complying with his treatment plan and he sure as hell knows how to cry at the right time to get his father's sympathy. Have you joined any groups, such as Nar-Anon? Parents of Mentally Ill Adults? I strongly suggest Nar-Anon as I have a feeling at least half of his trouble is due to drug use, and maybe he used from early on. My daughter started at twelve and by thirteen it was way more than pot (and I didn't even know...how dumb am I???). She told me the whole nine yards only after she quit, and it was appalling. I thought she had bipolar, and she may, but she certainly is not violent or delusional or crazy now that she has quit using. Hmmmmmm....</p><p>I would give a day to leave, change the locks, get a restraining order. If he quits using drugs (ALL of them) and is in treatment and stable on medication then maybe you can try again at home. But you deserve to be safe. He is not a little boy anymore and it is his choice to get help and improve. I had to do it. But I never abused drugs either. Still, it was hard work. If my parents had made it easy for me, I may not have tried to get well. As it was, I had to leave at eighteen and I decided I hated being sick and I REALLY tried hard. </p><p>I'd go to Nar-Anon tonight. (((Big hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 190081, member: 1550"] Hi. As one who has bipolar myself, I still would have thought it was smart for my parents to have made me leave home if I did not try to help myself, was violent, and used drugs, which make any mental illness worse (can cause violence even without mental illness). From my own daughter's addiction and recovery, and her words of wisdom from the side of an ex-addict, whatever you know he is doing, he is 90% probably doing much more--maybe even cocaine or amphetamines (ADHD drugs crushed and snorted with coke is popular). Psychedelics are back in style..joy, joy...and anyone with mental illness who messes with THEM may never recover, but you can't stop him...no matter how much or little he is doing, he is dangerous and he isn't complying with his treatment plan and he sure as hell knows how to cry at the right time to get his father's sympathy. Have you joined any groups, such as Nar-Anon? Parents of Mentally Ill Adults? I strongly suggest Nar-Anon as I have a feeling at least half of his trouble is due to drug use, and maybe he used from early on. My daughter started at twelve and by thirteen it was way more than pot (and I didn't even know...how dumb am I???). She told me the whole nine yards only after she quit, and it was appalling. I thought she had bipolar, and she may, but she certainly is not violent or delusional or crazy now that she has quit using. Hmmmmmm.... I would give a day to leave, change the locks, get a restraining order. If he quits using drugs (ALL of them) and is in treatment and stable on medication then maybe you can try again at home. But you deserve to be safe. He is not a little boy anymore and it is his choice to get help and improve. I had to do it. But I never abused drugs either. Still, it was hard work. If my parents had made it easy for me, I may not have tried to get well. As it was, I had to leave at eighteen and I decided I hated being sick and I REALLY tried hard. I'd go to Nar-Anon tonight. (((Big hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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