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18 year old son refuses to take his medications
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 676494" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>At 18, he is an adult, and can sign himself out of a hospital. Suicidal ideation is not the same as being at active risk of committing suicide.</p><p></p><p>The former will not get him admitted. The latter might. However, all he has to do is say, "I'm fine now." and they''ll release him.</p><p></p><p>You have to accept that at 18, you no longer have any control over his life or the outcome.</p><p></p><p>What you need to do right now, is to get him out of your house before he hurts you, and to read up on detachment.</p><p></p><p>I'd strongly advise you to get into therapy asap. as well. You are going to need a lot of help dealing with this. More than this board can provide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 676494, member: 1963"] At 18, he is an adult, and can sign himself out of a hospital. Suicidal ideation is not the same as being at active risk of committing suicide. The former will not get him admitted. The latter might. However, all he has to do is say, "I'm fine now." and they''ll release him. You have to accept that at 18, you no longer have any control over his life or the outcome. What you need to do right now, is to get him out of your house before he hurts you, and to read up on detachment. I'd strongly advise you to get into therapy asap. as well. You are going to need a lot of help dealing with this. More than this board can provide. [/QUOTE]
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