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Involuntary Admission warrant - worthwhile for cluster B personality traits?
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 702667" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Something similar happened in M's family. He had a wonderful brother, hard-working, decent, ambitious who by the time he was 16 by his own efforts had bought parcels of land and a home.</p><p></p><p>He fell into inhalant use. M accompanied by his mother, brought the brother to a psychiatric hospital. From somewhere the brother summoned a coherence and rationality that appeared from nowhere and was never to be seen again. He convinced the doctors and the staff that he was the sane one and his brother and mother the crazy ones.</p><p></p><p>The episode ended by threats against M and his mother by interfering with the rights and liberties of a perfectly wonderful person--the drug-addicted brother.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward 30 years later the brother is completely dysfunctional. Almost non-verbal. Paranoid. Afraid. Isolated. Incontinent, he carries poop in his pockets to keep people at bay. He depends completely on the care of his now almost 90 year old mother.</p><p></p><p>I think this is one reason that M has such a difficult time detaching from my son. He is terrified that if we again turn away my son, he will fall into a drug addiction from which he can never recover and we will have no way to reach or to help him.</p><p></p><p>A tiny bit funny but related aspect of his fear came up in the past couple of days. After the election (and also because of my son) I have been nervous and unable to sleep. I had stopped taking Benadryl after I read that it was related strongly to Alzheimer's disease. When I cannot sleep neither can M, something that irritates and frustrates him because he is working very hard.</p><p></p><p>I told him I would take a mild tranquilizer whose only risk-factor was addictive properties. I had taken this before, I told M, and felt there was no risk to me. M replied:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I would rather you took the pill that causes Alzheimer's. At least I can go there with you and we can face it together. What can I do if you become, an addict? Nothing at all.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 702667, member: 18958"] Something similar happened in M's family. He had a wonderful brother, hard-working, decent, ambitious who by the time he was 16 by his own efforts had bought parcels of land and a home. He fell into inhalant use. M accompanied by his mother, brought the brother to a psychiatric hospital. From somewhere the brother summoned a coherence and rationality that appeared from nowhere and was never to be seen again. He convinced the doctors and the staff that he was the sane one and his brother and mother the crazy ones. The episode ended by threats against M and his mother by interfering with the rights and liberties of a perfectly wonderful person--the drug-addicted brother. Fast forward 30 years later the brother is completely dysfunctional. Almost non-verbal. Paranoid. Afraid. Isolated. Incontinent, he carries poop in his pockets to keep people at bay. He depends completely on the care of his now almost 90 year old mother. I think this is one reason that M has such a difficult time detaching from my son. He is terrified that if we again turn away my son, he will fall into a drug addiction from which he can never recover and we will have no way to reach or to help him. A tiny bit funny but related aspect of his fear came up in the past couple of days. After the election (and also because of my son) I have been nervous and unable to sleep. I had stopped taking Benadryl after I read that it was related strongly to Alzheimer's disease. When I cannot sleep neither can M, something that irritates and frustrates him because he is working very hard. I told him I would take a mild tranquilizer whose only risk-factor was addictive properties. I had taken this before, I told M, and felt there was no risk to me. M replied: [I] I would rather you took the pill that causes Alzheimer's. At least I can go there with you and we can face it together. What can I do if you become, an addict? Nothing at all.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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