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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 696119" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Darkwing, my son's cycle of violent outburst followed by extreme self-abnegation is as you describe. Except, as he would be the first to say, he does not hurt anybody. </p><p></p><p>But your words underscore exactly why I had no wiggle room about insisting he leave. In these 5 or so months he has been back, it happened twice. To me, that was a pattern. He had done it years ago when much younger. He is older than you are, Darkwing. Significantly so. 27. To enable an almost 30 year old man to act out, I could not do.</p><p></p><p>I will not let him near my home or me, unless I know he has gone to treatment--including for anger. Honestly he self-medicates with pot he buys on the street (there is a medical cannabis law here and he has a card.) If he is ill enough to require being loaded all the time, he is ill enough for psychiatric medications. I cannot force him, but I can very much restrict how much I see him or support him.</p><p></p><p>I believe at this point in my life--it will surely break my heart to have to push him away. I am wondering if I have any options at all. I am too tired and sad to even know.</p><p></p><p>Right now I am reading about world cruises. I have never been on a cruise or wanted to go on one. But I have been reading how very old people, now, are going on long cruises instead of to rest homes or retirement homes. Hopefully, I am a couple of decades from this -- but the idea tickles me.</p><p></p><p>I am investigating what cruise ship companies accept service dogs on board. My plan when Dolly dies is to get a small dog, like a Chinese Crested, and get a therapy dog certificate. I just may after some point spend the rest of my life on world cruises with my therapy dog. </p><p></p><p>I am really in the mood to check out!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 696119, member: 18958"] Darkwing, my son's cycle of violent outburst followed by extreme self-abnegation is as you describe. Except, as he would be the first to say, he does not hurt anybody. But your words underscore exactly why I had no wiggle room about insisting he leave. In these 5 or so months he has been back, it happened twice. To me, that was a pattern. He had done it years ago when much younger. He is older than you are, Darkwing. Significantly so. 27. To enable an almost 30 year old man to act out, I could not do. I will not let him near my home or me, unless I know he has gone to treatment--including for anger. Honestly he self-medicates with pot he buys on the street (there is a medical cannabis law here and he has a card.) If he is ill enough to require being loaded all the time, he is ill enough for psychiatric medications. I cannot force him, but I can very much restrict how much I see him or support him. I believe at this point in my life--it will surely break my heart to have to push him away. I am wondering if I have any options at all. I am too tired and sad to even know. Right now I am reading about world cruises. I have never been on a cruise or wanted to go on one. But I have been reading how very old people, now, are going on long cruises instead of to rest homes or retirement homes. Hopefully, I am a couple of decades from this -- but the idea tickles me. I am investigating what cruise ship companies accept service dogs on board. My plan when Dolly dies is to get a small dog, like a Chinese Crested, and get a therapy dog certificate. I just may after some point spend the rest of my life on world cruises with my therapy dog. I am really in the mood to check out! [/QUOTE]
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