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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 654567" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Yay! You know he is alive and he must be figuring out how to eat and shelter himself and etc, because he is still actively seeking to use. Not the best news, but where there is life there is hope and the possibility of change.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any understanding about your questions regarding mental illness and drug abuse. I do know that one of our moms here posted research for all of us indicating a genetic connection for both mental illness and addiction. It was Somewhere Out There who posted that information for us.</p><p></p><p>That was helpful to me.</p><p></p><p>You note that one of your relatives was diagnosed with a mental illness, so it could be genetic for your son, too.</p><p></p><p>One of my children was diagnosed with a number of mental illnesses. The more doctors she saw, the more diagnoses she accumulated. Initially, I didn't believe any of it.</p><p></p><p>Now I don't know what to think.</p><p></p><p>Which is okay because as it turns out (one more time) what I think doesn't matter, darn it.</p><p></p><p>But I think drugs, whether prescribed or street drugs, would have to be so closely monitored to help a person experiencing a mental health issue and the truth is that in our medical system, they are not treated meticulously and so, sometimes do not get well.</p><p></p><p>And sometimes, they get very, very much worse.</p><p></p><p>As long as I am spouting off about what I think, I also think using street drugs, and maybe, using any drugs, can ignite a fulminating mental illness.</p><p></p><p>That is the thing. Our kids are taking drugs no one knows anything about. Just that they are mind-altering and addictive.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 654567, member: 17461"] Yay! You know he is alive and he must be figuring out how to eat and shelter himself and etc, because he is still actively seeking to use. Not the best news, but where there is life there is hope and the possibility of change. I don't have any understanding about your questions regarding mental illness and drug abuse. I do know that one of our moms here posted research for all of us indicating a genetic connection for both mental illness and addiction. It was Somewhere Out There who posted that information for us. That was helpful to me. You note that one of your relatives was diagnosed with a mental illness, so it could be genetic for your son, too. One of my children was diagnosed with a number of mental illnesses. The more doctors she saw, the more diagnoses she accumulated. Initially, I didn't believe any of it. Now I don't know what to think. Which is okay because as it turns out (one more time) what I think doesn't matter, darn it. But I think drugs, whether prescribed or street drugs, would have to be so closely monitored to help a person experiencing a mental health issue and the truth is that in our medical system, they are not treated meticulously and so, sometimes do not get well. And sometimes, they get very, very much worse. As long as I am spouting off about what I think, I also think using street drugs, and maybe, using any drugs, can ignite a fulminating mental illness. That is the thing. Our kids are taking drugs no one knows anything about. Just that they are mind-altering and addictive. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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