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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 307135" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, my big question is...did she start using recreational drugs and drinking?</p><p>That's usually why a teenager suddenly does a complete about face seemingly overnight.</p><p></p><p>My own daughter did this. Started in seventh grade. She changed her friends, started pot and drinking and it escalated from there as did her behavior. The violence began when the drugs turned to things like meth and she didn't care about rules when she was using drugs, including the ones implemented by the police. By the way ADHD drugs are widely abused. My daughter and her friends especially liked Adderrall (it's $10/pill on the street). They would crush the pills in pillcrushers and snort them either alone or with other drugs. I personally don't like them, especially Adderrall.</p><p></p><p>I would definitely do a surprise drug test on her, maybe a few of them. We didn't suspect drug use. We thought she'd become mentally ill. I always warn teenager's parents to think about this since we were so naive. They had her diagnosed with bipolar. She has been clean seven years now and doesn't have bipolar. Sometimes (not always) drug use goes hand in hand with mental illness and it's hard to sort out what is what. But no child or adult will get better while using recreational drugs or drinking. Stealing money is common when kids abuse drugs...they need the money to buy.</p><p></p><p>Her drug use was far worse than we imagined. I hope you can get a handle on what's wrong and help her before she turns 18.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the board. Sorry you had to be here though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 307135, member: 1550"] Hi there. Sadly, my big question is...did she start using recreational drugs and drinking? That's usually why a teenager suddenly does a complete about face seemingly overnight. My own daughter did this. Started in seventh grade. She changed her friends, started pot and drinking and it escalated from there as did her behavior. The violence began when the drugs turned to things like meth and she didn't care about rules when she was using drugs, including the ones implemented by the police. By the way ADHD drugs are widely abused. My daughter and her friends especially liked Adderrall (it's $10/pill on the street). They would crush the pills in pillcrushers and snort them either alone or with other drugs. I personally don't like them, especially Adderrall. I would definitely do a surprise drug test on her, maybe a few of them. We didn't suspect drug use. We thought she'd become mentally ill. I always warn teenager's parents to think about this since we were so naive. They had her diagnosed with bipolar. She has been clean seven years now and doesn't have bipolar. Sometimes (not always) drug use goes hand in hand with mental illness and it's hard to sort out what is what. But no child or adult will get better while using recreational drugs or drinking. Stealing money is common when kids abuse drugs...they need the money to buy. Her drug use was far worse than we imagined. I hope you can get a handle on what's wrong and help her before she turns 18. Welcome to the board. Sorry you had to be here though :frowny: [/QUOTE]
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