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Bipolar, ADD son, now 29 and back at home... :-(
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<blockquote data-quote="theboyzmom" data-source="post: 707315" data-attributes="member: 21272"><p>Thank you for all your good comments. He did graduate from college as previously mentioned with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science. It was in his mid 20's that most of his problems manifested except for depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) at around age 14. He has since met with his case worker and will now go on a different medical ins. plan, but not Medicaid and he will get some medications for free. The HIV pill now that he is getting (the last week) is now free thru a clinical trial at the local university. He has a good heart and has empathy, but he wasn't always this way. In his late teens and early 20's he was very reckless and led a very destructive type of lifestyle. I really thought he wouldn't live this long, but like his dr. said, he wants to live. SO we continue our plan putting lots of lights on in the house on dark days, winter is so gloomy up north, and we try to laugh and watch comedy shows when he is present. We took out the other cable box, so he is forced to watch tv upstairs in the family room with us. I do think the news shows and breaking news stuff is not good and it can cause people with mental illness to get overly worried and depressed more than normal.</p><p>He does tell us he misses school, and wants to get a masters degree, but we are really encouraging him to first pay off the current student loans before going into that huge debt. I think he misses the structure of school and other people his own age. He doesn't keep friends long and they all are out doing things that people in their 20's do He stopped smoking and rarely drinks because he can't. When he does go out he's usually the designated driver, but he almost gave up on that too. He gets disgusted babysitting others.... but life is moving forward and there are more good days than bad...so far...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theboyzmom, post: 707315, member: 21272"] Thank you for all your good comments. He did graduate from college as previously mentioned with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science. It was in his mid 20's that most of his problems manifested except for depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) at around age 14. He has since met with his case worker and will now go on a different medical ins. plan, but not Medicaid and he will get some medications for free. The HIV pill now that he is getting (the last week) is now free thru a clinical trial at the local university. He has a good heart and has empathy, but he wasn't always this way. In his late teens and early 20's he was very reckless and led a very destructive type of lifestyle. I really thought he wouldn't live this long, but like his dr. said, he wants to live. SO we continue our plan putting lots of lights on in the house on dark days, winter is so gloomy up north, and we try to laugh and watch comedy shows when he is present. We took out the other cable box, so he is forced to watch tv upstairs in the family room with us. I do think the news shows and breaking news stuff is not good and it can cause people with mental illness to get overly worried and depressed more than normal. He does tell us he misses school, and wants to get a masters degree, but we are really encouraging him to first pay off the current student loans before going into that huge debt. I think he misses the structure of school and other people his own age. He doesn't keep friends long and they all are out doing things that people in their 20's do He stopped smoking and rarely drinks because he can't. When he does go out he's usually the designated driver, but he almost gave up on that too. He gets disgusted babysitting others.... but life is moving forward and there are more good days than bad...so far... [/QUOTE]
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