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17 yr old son doing drugs, hanging w members of a gang in NY
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 675370" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>You can't. I'm sure you've offered the cars, the rewards, anything.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't work.</p><p></p><p>The motivation has to come from within or it is just you wasting your money and heart or those magic words that you think will finally get to them.</p><p></p><p>I have SEVERE anxiety disorders, both generalized and panic disorder, and have had it all my life. I also have a mood disorder. I never took illegal drugs or drank. I was never tempted to. I thought it would make me even worse. So not everyone with anxiety takes drugs, but some do. I would treat the drug addiction first because drugs will make t he anxiety disorder worse in the end and it is almost impossible to resolve a mental illness while one is getting high. This is just my own opinion having lived it. I didn't take drugs or drink BECAUSE I felt they would make me even worse. There are two choices here.</p><p></p><p>And perhaps the psychiatrist is wrong and it's NOT anxiety. In my 40 years of mental health care I have learned that diagnoses are often wrong. Psychiatry is an inexact science without blood tests and no way to be sure. I can not tell you how many diagnosis. I've had, but the only ones I get over and over again are panic and mood disorders. Some others, like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thinking, may be true, but is not bad enough to really affect my life.</p><p></p><p>You are his mom. You know him best. Each psychiatric disorder, except for obvious ones such as severe eating disorders and schizophrenia, are just guesses on the part of the evaluator. You could take him to ten doctors and get ten differing opinions. If I were you, I'd hope he'd quit using, and offer to help him if he comes to you asking for help in that, but keep yourself safe from him, no matter WHAT you think his diagnosis. is. He is almost an adult and soon he will be legal.</p><p></p><p>Even more hugs!!! It's very hard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 675370, member: 1550"] You can't. I'm sure you've offered the cars, the rewards, anything. It doesn't work. The motivation has to come from within or it is just you wasting your money and heart or those magic words that you think will finally get to them. I have SEVERE anxiety disorders, both generalized and panic disorder, and have had it all my life. I also have a mood disorder. I never took illegal drugs or drank. I was never tempted to. I thought it would make me even worse. So not everyone with anxiety takes drugs, but some do. I would treat the drug addiction first because drugs will make t he anxiety disorder worse in the end and it is almost impossible to resolve a mental illness while one is getting high. This is just my own opinion having lived it. I didn't take drugs or drink BECAUSE I felt they would make me even worse. There are two choices here. And perhaps the psychiatrist is wrong and it's NOT anxiety. In my 40 years of mental health care I have learned that diagnoses are often wrong. Psychiatry is an inexact science without blood tests and no way to be sure. I can not tell you how many diagnosis. I've had, but the only ones I get over and over again are panic and mood disorders. Some others, like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thinking, may be true, but is not bad enough to really affect my life. You are his mom. You know him best. Each psychiatric disorder, except for obvious ones such as severe eating disorders and schizophrenia, are just guesses on the part of the evaluator. You could take him to ten doctors and get ten differing opinions. If I were you, I'd hope he'd quit using, and offer to help him if he comes to you asking for help in that, but keep yourself safe from him, no matter WHAT you think his diagnosis. is. He is almost an adult and soon he will be legal. Even more hugs!!! It's very hard. [/QUOTE]
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