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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 103809" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>You didn't fail him.</p><p>While nobody can tell you if a certain place is good for him, he isn't doing well at home. However, in my experience (which is only MY experience), the kids don't miraculously change--often they do better there, it is structured, but they are not cured or suddenly hit by a bolt of lightening and changed.</p><p>If you feel your son may be bipolar, ADHD medications will only make him worse, activate him more. When was his last intensive evaluation by a Child Psychiatrist or a neuropsychologist? There are children who are abandoned by a parent who handle it better than that--in my opinion he is mentally ill so it is harder for him to deal with ANY stress, but finding and treating the REAL problem (not always easy) in my opinion is also a good start. At age eighteen you can't really force him to get help anymore. I think he needs to decide he needs help and follow the instructions of those trying to help him. But it is not your fault and you didn't fail him. Your child is just wired differently--perhaps he inherited some mental illness from his mother. Genes are potent. </p><p>Give him time. He's still very young. Kids can change, but they often do it on THEIR timetable and, if he IS bipolar, he desperately needs a mood stabilizer and desperately does NOT need stimulants, Straterra or antidepressants. I have a mood disorder. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 103809, member: 1550"] You didn't fail him. While nobody can tell you if a certain place is good for him, he isn't doing well at home. However, in my experience (which is only MY experience), the kids don't miraculously change--often they do better there, it is structured, but they are not cured or suddenly hit by a bolt of lightening and changed. If you feel your son may be bipolar, ADHD medications will only make him worse, activate him more. When was his last intensive evaluation by a Child Psychiatrist or a neuropsychologist? There are children who are abandoned by a parent who handle it better than that--in my opinion he is mentally ill so it is harder for him to deal with ANY stress, but finding and treating the REAL problem (not always easy) in my opinion is also a good start. At age eighteen you can't really force him to get help anymore. I think he needs to decide he needs help and follow the instructions of those trying to help him. But it is not your fault and you didn't fail him. Your child is just wired differently--perhaps he inherited some mental illness from his mother. Genes are potent. Give him time. He's still very young. Kids can change, but they often do it on THEIR timetable and, if he IS bipolar, he desperately needs a mood stabilizer and desperately does NOT need stimulants, Straterra or antidepressants. I have a mood disorder. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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