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22 yr old bipolar son in trouble and i'm lost
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<blockquote data-quote="desperately broken" data-source="post: 715080" data-attributes="member: 22078"><p>I have been reading posts from a few years ago. in the 30 mins of reading other people's comments, it has brought maybe a glimpse of comfort knowing we aren't alone. But I am at a loss as to how to navigate this nightmare of a disease of bipolar my 22 yr old son suffers from. He wasn't officially diagnosed until 18 with Bipolar 1. This was after increasing mood swings and of course drug abuse. He has been in and out of our home since. We have witnessed the ups and downs, rages of anger, jobs coming and going. He has been in and out of trouble and as of 10 days ago found himself back in jail due to being off his medications, 'self medicating' with multiple vices. My husband called the cops and he was arrested. The bond was placed that if he didn't go get evaluated 7 days after bond, he would be back in jail. We were not bonding him out until we had a program we felt would help. Or course, the system fails for true programs that will help unless you have 10's of thousands of dollars to pay out of pocket. and all not having the ability to keep him there and knowing he would sign himself out. He swallowed a razor blade in jail (wrapped in tissue) so he could get out. They actually released him on his own. The hospital determined he wasn't a threat and released him. He said he was ready for help, but we are in the state of his bipolar MAJOR DOWN, which accompanies extreme erratic behavior and anger. He says he doesn't want to live, doesn't care if he dies or back in jail in one breath and then 30 minutes later, he's back to i'm sorry and i want help. He is supposed to go with my husband today to be evaluated and now will not go. He still hasn't been on his medications because the jail didn't give them to him. I know this has to be his decision, but I'm having a tough time with knowing how to go through this process knowing he is making poor decisions out of his manic state and not a stable state of mind. I'm terrified that he will not receive the help he needs going back to jail either. Or more so..hurt himself if we leave him to figure it out on his own.</p><p>desperately broken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desperately broken, post: 715080, member: 22078"] I have been reading posts from a few years ago. in the 30 mins of reading other people's comments, it has brought maybe a glimpse of comfort knowing we aren't alone. But I am at a loss as to how to navigate this nightmare of a disease of bipolar my 22 yr old son suffers from. He wasn't officially diagnosed until 18 with Bipolar 1. This was after increasing mood swings and of course drug abuse. He has been in and out of our home since. We have witnessed the ups and downs, rages of anger, jobs coming and going. He has been in and out of trouble and as of 10 days ago found himself back in jail due to being off his medications, 'self medicating' with multiple vices. My husband called the cops and he was arrested. The bond was placed that if he didn't go get evaluated 7 days after bond, he would be back in jail. We were not bonding him out until we had a program we felt would help. Or course, the system fails for true programs that will help unless you have 10's of thousands of dollars to pay out of pocket. and all not having the ability to keep him there and knowing he would sign himself out. He swallowed a razor blade in jail (wrapped in tissue) so he could get out. They actually released him on his own. The hospital determined he wasn't a threat and released him. He said he was ready for help, but we are in the state of his bipolar MAJOR DOWN, which accompanies extreme erratic behavior and anger. He says he doesn't want to live, doesn't care if he dies or back in jail in one breath and then 30 minutes later, he's back to i'm sorry and i want help. He is supposed to go with my husband today to be evaluated and now will not go. He still hasn't been on his medications because the jail didn't give them to him. I know this has to be his decision, but I'm having a tough time with knowing how to go through this process knowing he is making poor decisions out of his manic state and not a stable state of mind. I'm terrified that he will not receive the help he needs going back to jail either. Or more so..hurt himself if we leave him to figure it out on his own. desperately broken [/QUOTE]
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