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<blockquote data-quote="eandk02" data-source="post: 84476" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: goldenguru</div><div class="ubbcode-body"></p><p>Is your sense this is a drug addiction? or is your son experimenting?</p><p></p><p>Is this involvement with drugs a form of rebellion?</p><p></p><p>Could he be self medicating some emotional pain?</p><p></p><p>Would you consider pulling him out of his current high school and putting him in a different environment?</p><p></p><p>What type of programs are offered by your juvenile care facilities? </div></div></p><p></p><p>To answer goldenguru,</p><p></p><p>1. I think that he has a drug addiction. He was in outpatient treatment at the beginning of the year. The program that we chose was referred to us by many people. I feel it was a waste of money and in my opinion, was a place where all the drug addicts could meet to exchange more drugs. Not sure where to turn to now for treatment.</p><p></p><p>2. I do feel that he may be self medicating. He does suffer from depression and is on Lexapro but not sure how well it is working. I know in the past he has said that he does drugs to help calm him down and focus, which is why we took him to a psychologist who specializes in ADD. He was diagnosed this past January and has been on Adderrall XR and is currently taking Vyvanse. He told us last week that he did not think the medications were working and wasn't going to take them anymore. We have a meeting tomorrow with the dr to discuss this.</p><p></p><p>3. We have considered pulling him out of his current high school, which we feel is not the right place for him, but do not know where else to send him. We live in the Fox Cities area of Wisconsin (1/2 hr south of Green Bay). There is a Lutheran High School in our area, but the cost is more than we can afford.</p><p></p><p>4. We have come to the realization that the county in which we live is not equipped to handle youths like my son. The social worker told us today that we can come down and fill out a Request for Juvenile Court Intervention. We would then be assigned a social worker. If our son breaks the law, he can be placed in shelter care which he can easily walk out of. It sounds unlikely for him to be placed in juvenile detention unless he gets into serious trouble. A mom that we spoke with today says that the system is a joke. Her son is currently a runaway with my son. Her son has an ankle monitoring braclet on and it senses when he is in the house, but when he leaves, an alarm sounds and there is no way to track where he is going. She said that shelter care is a joke. Her son currently has charges pending against him for possession and theft, they will not let him leave state to attend a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF).</p><p></p><p>We have not seen/heard from our son since yesterday morning. My husband went out looking for him last night and did see him with another boy who is also a runaway that the police are actively looking for. As soon as they spotted him, they ran. I never imagined that life in our home would be so bad for my child that he would feel the need to run away. We did just receive a call from my son's employer who said that one of her workers did see him 20 minutes ago with a group of kids and asked him why he didn't show up for work yesterday. She stated that he looked confused and then said I don't know. She said he didn't look good and was tired. Not sure if it's because he hasn't been taking his medications or if he's coming off of something, or maybe both. We called the police to let them know that someone spotted them, so hopefully they find them.</p><p></p><p>Wondering where you find an educational consultant? At this point we are so desperate for help and don't know where to go to next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eandk02, post: 84476, member: 4086"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: goldenguru</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Is your sense this is a drug addiction? or is your son experimenting? Is this involvement with drugs a form of rebellion? Could he be self medicating some emotional pain? Would you consider pulling him out of his current high school and putting him in a different environment? What type of programs are offered by your juvenile care facilities? </div></div> To answer goldenguru, 1. I think that he has a drug addiction. He was in outpatient treatment at the beginning of the year. The program that we chose was referred to us by many people. I feel it was a waste of money and in my opinion, was a place where all the drug addicts could meet to exchange more drugs. Not sure where to turn to now for treatment. 2. I do feel that he may be self medicating. He does suffer from depression and is on Lexapro but not sure how well it is working. I know in the past he has said that he does drugs to help calm him down and focus, which is why we took him to a psychologist who specializes in ADD. He was diagnosed this past January and has been on Adderrall XR and is currently taking Vyvanse. He told us last week that he did not think the medications were working and wasn't going to take them anymore. We have a meeting tomorrow with the dr to discuss this. 3. We have considered pulling him out of his current high school, which we feel is not the right place for him, but do not know where else to send him. We live in the Fox Cities area of Wisconsin (1/2 hr south of Green Bay). There is a Lutheran High School in our area, but the cost is more than we can afford. 4. We have come to the realization that the county in which we live is not equipped to handle youths like my son. The social worker told us today that we can come down and fill out a Request for Juvenile Court Intervention. We would then be assigned a social worker. If our son breaks the law, he can be placed in shelter care which he can easily walk out of. It sounds unlikely for him to be placed in juvenile detention unless he gets into serious trouble. A mom that we spoke with today says that the system is a joke. Her son is currently a runaway with my son. Her son has an ankle monitoring braclet on and it senses when he is in the house, but when he leaves, an alarm sounds and there is no way to track where he is going. She said that shelter care is a joke. Her son currently has charges pending against him for possession and theft, they will not let him leave state to attend a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF). We have not seen/heard from our son since yesterday morning. My husband went out looking for him last night and did see him with another boy who is also a runaway that the police are actively looking for. As soon as they spotted him, they ran. I never imagined that life in our home would be so bad for my child that he would feel the need to run away. We did just receive a call from my son's employer who said that one of her workers did see him 20 minutes ago with a group of kids and asked him why he didn't show up for work yesterday. She stated that he looked confused and then said I don't know. She said he didn't look good and was tired. Not sure if it's because he hasn't been taking his medications or if he's coming off of something, or maybe both. We called the police to let them know that someone spotted them, so hopefully they find them. Wondering where you find an educational consultant? At this point we are so desperate for help and don't know where to go to next. [/QUOTE]
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