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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 568214" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>He is only 16, right? If I recall correctly, he doesn't live at home. I hope he will not have access to your home if you're in Florida. </p><p>When my difficult child was around 16, I would have bet everything I had that he was emerging bipolar. Turns out that wasn't the case at the time; he was on drugs. It altered his entire personality, and he was also lying about everything and into very disturbing things. Fortunately, the psychiatrist did not see any evidence of bipolar in him, but of course, that could change over the next few years. Very often, these things go hand-in-hand with sub. abuse.</p><p>It surely does seem like your difficult child displays "patterns" or "cycles" of being well, then every few weeks, cycling downward. Are you sure he's not on drugs? If you can't see a psychiatrist before April, there isn't much you can do, unless his behavior becomes so erratic that he's a danger to himself or others. I wouldn't let on about your knowledge about his cutting school just yet. What good would it do? He will either lie to your face or blame you somehow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 568214, member: 13882"] He is only 16, right? If I recall correctly, he doesn't live at home. I hope he will not have access to your home if you're in Florida. When my difficult child was around 16, I would have bet everything I had that he was emerging bipolar. Turns out that wasn't the case at the time; he was on drugs. It altered his entire personality, and he was also lying about everything and into very disturbing things. Fortunately, the psychiatrist did not see any evidence of bipolar in him, but of course, that could change over the next few years. Very often, these things go hand-in-hand with sub. abuse. It surely does seem like your difficult child displays "patterns" or "cycles" of being well, then every few weeks, cycling downward. Are you sure he's not on drugs? If you can't see a psychiatrist before April, there isn't much you can do, unless his behavior becomes so erratic that he's a danger to himself or others. I wouldn't let on about your knowledge about his cutting school just yet. What good would it do? He will either lie to your face or blame you somehow. [/QUOTE]
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