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<blockquote data-quote="Night Owl Mama" data-source="post: 694283" data-attributes="member: 20490"><p>My brother had a host of other issues, including untreated bipolar and chronic addiction. It's hard to know what was responsible for what when I think back on my interactions with him. What I do know is that my son's ups and downs and dysfunctional behaviors persist despite the best treatment and medications available. He is so much worse without medications, but never totally better on them either. So it make sense that he does have a personality disorder, which as I understand, isn't responsive to medications itself. It's just another label, but if it helps me understand and better define him and our interactions and gives me some guidelines to follow, I am thankful for it. </p><p></p><p>I hope the Job Corps works out too. Son will have to work hard to be cooperative and not blow it, and he knows it. He told me not to let him quit, no matter what. As if that is in my power. I told him he is the only person who can do that, though I am happy to remind him of his request. My experience so far is he is totally blind to consequence when enraged, and it doesn't take much to set him off, though again, he is less reactive when properly medicated. All I can do is hope and pray his mind stays clear enough to see the big picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Night Owl Mama, post: 694283, member: 20490"] My brother had a host of other issues, including untreated bipolar and chronic addiction. It's hard to know what was responsible for what when I think back on my interactions with him. What I do know is that my son's ups and downs and dysfunctional behaviors persist despite the best treatment and medications available. He is so much worse without medications, but never totally better on them either. So it make sense that he does have a personality disorder, which as I understand, isn't responsive to medications itself. It's just another label, but if it helps me understand and better define him and our interactions and gives me some guidelines to follow, I am thankful for it. I hope the Job Corps works out too. Son will have to work hard to be cooperative and not blow it, and he knows it. He told me not to let him quit, no matter what. As if that is in my power. I told him he is the only person who can do that, though I am happy to remind him of his request. My experience so far is he is totally blind to consequence when enraged, and it doesn't take much to set him off, though again, he is less reactive when properly medicated. All I can do is hope and pray his mind stays clear enough to see the big picture. [/QUOTE]
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