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17 yr old son hanging out with members of a gang and doing drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="defiantchild" data-source="post: 675276" data-attributes="member: 18543"><p>Hi InsaneCdn, </p><p></p><p>I really don't know. We have tried everything. We've been to specialist after specialist. First it was ADHD, medications seemed to help a bit in school and socially. But he's been kicked out of almost everything he's done since I can remember. His teachers all really liked him, they all tried to reach him. In 9th grade he started smoking weed and got suspended from school. Still so many of his teachers thought he was a good kid and tried to help. It hasn't improved much since then. He just doesn't seem to think rules apply to him. He has a grandiose type of attitude, quite arrogant. My husband and I thought it was just the grandiosity was a cover up for his insecurity....he really can be awfully sweet. But we've completely lost control of him. He listens to no one. </p><p></p><p>I understand what you are saying about labeling...I don't like it either. And this particular label is a dead end because as you said, there is no treatment. I don't know where to turn and what to do. No specialist, therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist has been able to get through to him. They all give up at some point. And we are feeling the same way now. We are worn out. It seems we have no choice but to set him free to rise or fall on his own. I wonder if his brain is just not developed enough and how tragic to set him free to fend for himself when he just doesn't have the capacity to do it....I'm at a total loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="defiantchild, post: 675276, member: 18543"] Hi InsaneCdn, I really don't know. We have tried everything. We've been to specialist after specialist. First it was ADHD, medications seemed to help a bit in school and socially. But he's been kicked out of almost everything he's done since I can remember. His teachers all really liked him, they all tried to reach him. In 9th grade he started smoking weed and got suspended from school. Still so many of his teachers thought he was a good kid and tried to help. It hasn't improved much since then. He just doesn't seem to think rules apply to him. He has a grandiose type of attitude, quite arrogant. My husband and I thought it was just the grandiosity was a cover up for his insecurity....he really can be awfully sweet. But we've completely lost control of him. He listens to no one. I understand what you are saying about labeling...I don't like it either. And this particular label is a dead end because as you said, there is no treatment. I don't know where to turn and what to do. No specialist, therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist has been able to get through to him. They all give up at some point. And we are feeling the same way now. We are worn out. It seems we have no choice but to set him free to rise or fall on his own. I wonder if his brain is just not developed enough and how tragic to set him free to fend for himself when he just doesn't have the capacity to do it....I'm at a total loss. [/QUOTE]
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