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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 632138" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Oh Boy, Teareyed, you're right in the middle of it all aren't you? I am so so sorry. I know how hard it is. You're doing the right thing in my opinion. And, it's the hardest thing any of us will ever do.</p><p></p><p>I do not know anything about what I think is called conservatorship. Here is an article you might be interested in:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-03-22/news/lauras-law-national-alliance-on-mental-illness/" target="_blank">http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-03-22/news/lauras-law-national-alliance-on-mental-illness/</a></p><p></p><p>Your son is too old for guardianship, that ends at 18.</p><p></p><p>Have you contacted NAMI? The National Alliance on Mental Illness. They have great courses for us, the parents. You can access them online and they have many chapters all over. You will need support and guidance. A good book is the Unquiet Mind, about bi-polar. </p><p></p><p>I think the best thing you can do is find as much support as you can for YOU right now. Contact NAMI and read books and get counseling of some kind so you can find your center, your calm place inside and begin to make choices out of that place. You're in fear now, which is totally understandable, but it is not a good place to make choices out of. Make <u>you</u> the priority, focus on your needs now and when you are in a good place, you can make good choices.</p><p></p><p>I'm so sorry, this is devastating for us parents. I understand that. The helplessness and powerlessness is almost unbearable. Give your son over to your perception of a Higher Power, we mortals don't know how to handle this..........pray for your son, say the serenity prayer..........get yourself to a 12 step meeting or a counselor as quickly as you can so you can find solace and compassion and empathy for YOU, you need that now...........sending you lots of warm thoughts and hugs..........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 632138, member: 13542"] Oh Boy, Teareyed, you're right in the middle of it all aren't you? I am so so sorry. I know how hard it is. You're doing the right thing in my opinion. And, it's the hardest thing any of us will ever do. I do not know anything about what I think is called conservatorship. Here is an article you might be interested in: [url]http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-03-22/news/lauras-law-national-alliance-on-mental-illness/[/url] Your son is too old for guardianship, that ends at 18. Have you contacted NAMI? The National Alliance on Mental Illness. They have great courses for us, the parents. You can access them online and they have many chapters all over. You will need support and guidance. A good book is the Unquiet Mind, about bi-polar. I think the best thing you can do is find as much support as you can for YOU right now. Contact NAMI and read books and get counseling of some kind so you can find your center, your calm place inside and begin to make choices out of that place. You're in fear now, which is totally understandable, but it is not a good place to make choices out of. Make [U]you[/U] the priority, focus on your needs now and when you are in a good place, you can make good choices. I'm so sorry, this is devastating for us parents. I understand that. The helplessness and powerlessness is almost unbearable. Give your son over to your perception of a Higher Power, we mortals don't know how to handle this..........pray for your son, say the serenity prayer..........get yourself to a 12 step meeting or a counselor as quickly as you can so you can find solace and compassion and empathy for YOU, you need that now...........sending you lots of warm thoughts and hugs.......... [/QUOTE]
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