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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 658615" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>AMS,</p><p></p><p>I am so glad you found us! I really does help to know that there are others out there going through the same things and surviving.</p><p></p><p>We are really just a support group, sharing our experiences and sharing what we have learned on the journey that most of us are still on.</p><p></p><p>My X-husband had some of the same symptoms your son has recently experienced. He was not using drugs at all, very strait-laced engineer, so in his case it was mental illness. The paranoia, fear of government or other entities monitoring him, fear of being poisoned. Diagnosed schizo-affective. He didn't/couldn't accept that he had mental illness and had slowly deteriorated.</p><p></p><p>My daughter was diagnosed with it at 19. (yeah, I know I have bi-polar down in my sig.) She had the unusual religious delusions and some paranoia, mostly about family/people talking about her. However, she has worked with her psy. doctor from the onset to control her illness and has done quite well. She worked he way through school, graduated with a masters degree, works full time at a high paying profession, and has a long-term boyfriend who is a great guy, business owner, successful. She also deals with life-long physical problems. It is an ongoing process, but she has accepted it and deals with it all. Mental illness is not the end of the world, nor does it have to preclude a person having a great life in spite of the disorder.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, my other daughter had some problems with a prescription that caused some strange thoughts and behaviors. We were scared that she was getting a mental illness, but thankfully, she did not.</p><p></p><p>It does seem coincidental that your son was doing fine until he started taking drugs. Maybe it will come to pass that illegal drugs were the sole cause of his mental problems.</p><p></p><p>my step-son, the one that brought me here, was diagnosed bi-polar when he was hospitalized against his will because of suicide threats. He may or may not be bi-polar. I haven't included it on my sig. because I am just not sure it is accurate, since he was on that synthetic 'bath salts' or 'spice' or whatever it is called right now. He wasn't in long enough for the drugs to get out of his system.</p><p></p><p>Is your son taking the medications now while in jail? Does he receive any monitoring of his mental condition while there?</p><p></p><p>Good luck, keep posting, it will help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 658615, member: 16024"] AMS, I am so glad you found us! I really does help to know that there are others out there going through the same things and surviving. We are really just a support group, sharing our experiences and sharing what we have learned on the journey that most of us are still on. My X-husband had some of the same symptoms your son has recently experienced. He was not using drugs at all, very strait-laced engineer, so in his case it was mental illness. The paranoia, fear of government or other entities monitoring him, fear of being poisoned. Diagnosed schizo-affective. He didn't/couldn't accept that he had mental illness and had slowly deteriorated. My daughter was diagnosed with it at 19. (yeah, I know I have bi-polar down in my sig.) She had the unusual religious delusions and some paranoia, mostly about family/people talking about her. However, she has worked with her psy. doctor from the onset to control her illness and has done quite well. She worked he way through school, graduated with a masters degree, works full time at a high paying profession, and has a long-term boyfriend who is a great guy, business owner, successful. She also deals with life-long physical problems. It is an ongoing process, but she has accepted it and deals with it all. Mental illness is not the end of the world, nor does it have to preclude a person having a great life in spite of the disorder. On the other hand, my other daughter had some problems with a prescription that caused some strange thoughts and behaviors. We were scared that she was getting a mental illness, but thankfully, she did not. It does seem coincidental that your son was doing fine until he started taking drugs. Maybe it will come to pass that illegal drugs were the sole cause of his mental problems. my step-son, the one that brought me here, was diagnosed bi-polar when he was hospitalized against his will because of suicide threats. He may or may not be bi-polar. I haven't included it on my sig. because I am just not sure it is accurate, since he was on that synthetic 'bath salts' or 'spice' or whatever it is called right now. He wasn't in long enough for the drugs to get out of his system. Is your son taking the medications now while in jail? Does he receive any monitoring of his mental condition while there? Good luck, keep posting, it will help! [/QUOTE]
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