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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 208428" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>Well, difficult child threw another twist into the works this morning ... he came to me very quietly and apologized - without any qualifications or trying to put the responsibility on me - just apologized for 'freaking out' yesterday and told me he has restarted all his medications. He said that when he saw the counselor two days ago (right after he left the car door open in traffic) she told him he'd better go back on his medications. He started them that night but they hadn't taken effect yesterday morning. This morning, and all day today when I've talked to him, I'd say they're having a noticeable effect. He's quiet, being affectionate toward the animals, making jokes and telling stories, and he read husband's note with a list of work to do and did it all. It's such a change that it feels sort of weird.</p><p></p><p>This is what keeps me scratching my head. Is he bipolar and in need of mood stabilizers after all? His personality off and on medications is like night and day. I go in circles about this. Off medications he's so irritable, nasty and violent; on medications he's quiet and a bit blunted, and his cognition seems affected. (For example he thinks he's supposed to go to a job orientation tomorrow for a job he interviewed for but did NOT get a call-back. They told him the orientation was Sunday, but he didn't get the call - yet he absolutely thinks he's supposed to show up tomorrow. What a setup for embarrassment! I feel so bad for him but can't convince him - at least I was able to convince him to call first. So they can tell him on the phone that he's not supposed to come ... he'll still be crushed but at least not embarrassed in front of others.) </p><p></p><p>Maybe he's playing me here but the confusion is real. If he's really bipolar and needs medications (he'd been off them since age 14 and only back on this summer with lots of trial and error) then maybe I should be calling the crisis team if he gets violent. When he was on mood stabilizers prior to age 14 they never seemed to help.</p><p></p><p>Oh, the other weird thing - when I left him to walk home two days ago, he got lost in our small town. Walked completely the wrong way. It's not our home town but he spent two years in high school here, he drove a car around here, he should know how to get from point A to point B! That, combined with his confusion about the job, makes me think I need to get some tests on him to see what's going on with his brain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 208428, member: 2884"] Well, difficult child threw another twist into the works this morning ... he came to me very quietly and apologized - without any qualifications or trying to put the responsibility on me - just apologized for 'freaking out' yesterday and told me he has restarted all his medications. He said that when he saw the counselor two days ago (right after he left the car door open in traffic) she told him he'd better go back on his medications. He started them that night but they hadn't taken effect yesterday morning. This morning, and all day today when I've talked to him, I'd say they're having a noticeable effect. He's quiet, being affectionate toward the animals, making jokes and telling stories, and he read husband's note with a list of work to do and did it all. It's such a change that it feels sort of weird. This is what keeps me scratching my head. Is he bipolar and in need of mood stabilizers after all? His personality off and on medications is like night and day. I go in circles about this. Off medications he's so irritable, nasty and violent; on medications he's quiet and a bit blunted, and his cognition seems affected. (For example he thinks he's supposed to go to a job orientation tomorrow for a job he interviewed for but did NOT get a call-back. They told him the orientation was Sunday, but he didn't get the call - yet he absolutely thinks he's supposed to show up tomorrow. What a setup for embarrassment! I feel so bad for him but can't convince him - at least I was able to convince him to call first. So they can tell him on the phone that he's not supposed to come ... he'll still be crushed but at least not embarrassed in front of others.) Maybe he's playing me here but the confusion is real. If he's really bipolar and needs medications (he'd been off them since age 14 and only back on this summer with lots of trial and error) then maybe I should be calling the crisis team if he gets violent. When he was on mood stabilizers prior to age 14 they never seemed to help. Oh, the other weird thing - when I left him to walk home two days ago, he got lost in our small town. Walked completely the wrong way. It's not our home town but he spent two years in high school here, he drove a car around here, he should know how to get from point A to point B! That, combined with his confusion about the job, makes me think I need to get some tests on him to see what's going on with his brain. [/QUOTE]
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