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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 657638" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>I'm sorry, stressedmom72. I think you are dealing with the genesis of addiction. </p><p></p><p>It is nothing you did. It is not that he was traumatized at 12. It was not that you were or were not divorced, or that you stayed married. It is not that you were or were not religious.</p><p></p><p>I am just a typical mom on the site, but I think you need to concentrate your efforts on confronting his drug use. That is the problem.</p><p></p><p>Drugs.</p><p></p><p>There is no other problem.</p><p></p><p>This happened to my son, too. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is controversy regarding issues of mental or emotional illness and drug use. Which came first, and are they using drugs to combat symptoms of some diagnosed or undiagnosed illness.</p><p></p><p>Others will come along who will see these things from a different viewpoint. I believe clearing his system of all drugs will resolve the other issues. I see it like this: a drug high doesn't come from the drug, it comes from the chemicals the drugs wring out of our brains to create the high. Over time, that messed up chemical imbalance the drug use created creates the imbalances we call anxiety or depression or panic disorder. If your child has always had such issues, then you could suspect it was the illness first, and the drug use is only making things worse. If your child was doing reasonably well until he began using drugs, then you can make an educated guess that it is drug use causing more and more serious chemical imbalance that is being diagnosed as illness of increasing severity.</p><p></p><p>But I don't know everything. I only pretend I do, here on the site.</p><p></p><p>That was a joke.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You are here with us, now. Others of us will be along very soon. You are in a safe and an ethical place.</p><p></p><p>Welcome, stressedmom72.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 657638, member: 17461"] I'm sorry, stressedmom72. I think you are dealing with the genesis of addiction. It is nothing you did. It is not that he was traumatized at 12. It was not that you were or were not divorced, or that you stayed married. It is not that you were or were not religious. I am just a typical mom on the site, but I think you need to concentrate your efforts on confronting his drug use. That is the problem. Drugs. There is no other problem. This happened to my son, too. There is controversy regarding issues of mental or emotional illness and drug use. Which came first, and are they using drugs to combat symptoms of some diagnosed or undiagnosed illness. Others will come along who will see these things from a different viewpoint. I believe clearing his system of all drugs will resolve the other issues. I see it like this: a drug high doesn't come from the drug, it comes from the chemicals the drugs wring out of our brains to create the high. Over time, that messed up chemical imbalance the drug use created creates the imbalances we call anxiety or depression or panic disorder. If your child has always had such issues, then you could suspect it was the illness first, and the drug use is only making things worse. If your child was doing reasonably well until he began using drugs, then you can make an educated guess that it is drug use causing more and more serious chemical imbalance that is being diagnosed as illness of increasing severity. But I don't know everything. I only pretend I do, here on the site. That was a joke. :O) You are here with us, now. Others of us will be along very soon. You are in a safe and an ethical place. Welcome, stressedmom72. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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