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<blockquote data-quote="Deni D" data-source="post: 750616" data-attributes="member: 22840"><p>Beta</p><p></p><p>I did know of my son's mental illness, because of the Bipolar disorder on his dad's side of the family. I got my son tons of treatment as he was growing up including a very prominent child psychiatrist, nutritionist, individual therapist, social skills training, out of district school placement and so on. He was constantly reminded that his condition was not him but none the less one which he had to take care of himself as he got older and couldn't drink and drug like he would see others do. We compared his Bipolar disorder to diabetes, telling him to be himself but watch himself for signs. </p><p></p><p>But I also could not figure out the difference between his mental illness and typical behavior you see these days when he was a teen. I did not know he was drinking and smoking synthetic pot when he was 16 causing his medications to not work properly for him. And I think even if I did know there would have been no way for me to stop it. If you ever go there again blaming yourself try to remember it most likely would have not mattered a whit once he was out of your sight. </p><p></p><p>With all that was done for my son he now declares he does not have Bipolar disorder, that instead I "drugged" him as a child to keep him quite. My son does not have a quite personality and was never at a point in his life where he was anything but boisterous, so his current description of how he was is so far off the mark it's funny, hopefully some day we will laugh together about it. </p><p> </p><p>From what I've read, often people lose themselves in their late teens but years later somehow come to an acceptance there is something very off and get help, when they are ready, and only when they are ready. </p><p></p><p>I hope and pray both of our son's find a path where they learn to accept their conditions and get the help they need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deni D, post: 750616, member: 22840"] Beta I did know of my son's mental illness, because of the Bipolar disorder on his dad's side of the family. I got my son tons of treatment as he was growing up including a very prominent child psychiatrist, nutritionist, individual therapist, social skills training, out of district school placement and so on. He was constantly reminded that his condition was not him but none the less one which he had to take care of himself as he got older and couldn't drink and drug like he would see others do. We compared his Bipolar disorder to diabetes, telling him to be himself but watch himself for signs. But I also could not figure out the difference between his mental illness and typical behavior you see these days when he was a teen. I did not know he was drinking and smoking synthetic pot when he was 16 causing his medications to not work properly for him. And I think even if I did know there would have been no way for me to stop it. If you ever go there again blaming yourself try to remember it most likely would have not mattered a whit once he was out of your sight. With all that was done for my son he now declares he does not have Bipolar disorder, that instead I "drugged" him as a child to keep him quite. My son does not have a quite personality and was never at a point in his life where he was anything but boisterous, so his current description of how he was is so far off the mark it's funny, hopefully some day we will laugh together about it. From what I've read, often people lose themselves in their late teens but years later somehow come to an acceptance there is something very off and get help, when they are ready, and only when they are ready. I hope and pray both of our son's find a path where they learn to accept their conditions and get the help they need. [/QUOTE]
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