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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 593603" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Good point, IC. difficult child was on the wrong medications for many years, as his diagnoses were sorted out. The medications he's on now, after years working with a really strong team (therapist, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) expert, forensic psychologist--some of the best in the country) really work well for difficult child. They get tweaked a bit just to keep him on an even keel. </p><p></p><p>What I'm observing though, is that difficult child doesn't seem to like the even keel. He seems to want the chaos, the spikes and troughs, the disregulation, the wire-snapping edge as he gets closer and closer to full-on mania.</p><p></p><p>My big fear is, the last time difficult child became that disregulated, he also ended up in jail and then on a year of house arrest (which was more hell for me than for him!) He's no longer a minor, so jail is a much more serious affair for him, and with his social, processing and other deficits, difficult child would not survive adult jail for 5 minutes. The police and court kept him out of juvenile hall because they didn't think he'd survive for 5 minutes either. Even during his (brief) time in lockup, they kept him isolated for his own safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 593603, member: 3907"] Good point, IC. difficult child was on the wrong medications for many years, as his diagnoses were sorted out. The medications he's on now, after years working with a really strong team (therapist, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) expert, forensic psychologist--some of the best in the country) really work well for difficult child. They get tweaked a bit just to keep him on an even keel. What I'm observing though, is that difficult child doesn't seem to like the even keel. He seems to want the chaos, the spikes and troughs, the disregulation, the wire-snapping edge as he gets closer and closer to full-on mania. My big fear is, the last time difficult child became that disregulated, he also ended up in jail and then on a year of house arrest (which was more hell for me than for him!) He's no longer a minor, so jail is a much more serious affair for him, and with his social, processing and other deficits, difficult child would not survive adult jail for 5 minutes. The police and court kept him out of juvenile hall because they didn't think he'd survive for 5 minutes either. Even during his (brief) time in lockup, they kept him isolated for his own safety. [/QUOTE]
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