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<blockquote data-quote="JKF" data-source="post: 584489" data-attributes="member: 12470"><p>I talked to difficult child this morning. He seemed in better spirits than yesterday. He said he was going to check out some of the places I suggested yesterday. He said he has an interview at Burger King at 1 pm. He also wants to try to apply for SSDI which he <strong><em>really</em></strong> needs to do. That's going to be a long process and I think there are advocates through the Mental Health Dept to help him with that so I told him to ask around and find out today. He'll definitely qualify for the SSDI but he needs to apply ASAP. </p><p></p><p>He said he had the urge to steal yesterday but he stopped himself. That's good that he recognized the urge and also was able to stop himself from doing it but I fear that unless he gets on medications he won't be able to stop himself for long. That's part of his mania with the bipolar. Some people go on shopping binges - difficult child goes on stealing binges bc he has no $ to shop. </p><p></p><p>Soooooo, I'm going to keep trying to reach out to people today and I think he's going to do the same. I'm hoping that he can get some help soon. We live in one of the most affluent counties in our state so there are a plethora of services available. It's just finding the right ones and actually going to apply for them. Sometimes difficult child will say he applied for something but he really didn't because he didn't feel like it. He has problems with sitting still and filling out paperwork and noise and length of appts, etc. So it's hard. Really really hard.</p><p></p><p>But you know what? I'm ok. I'm freaked out, yes, but I've been through this before with him. He was just in a different state. This is not a NEW situation. It's the same situation in a new area. So as long as I keep calm and remain strong I think it will be ok. Please remind me of that when I start to panic or freak out at a later time bc I know I will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JKF, post: 584489, member: 12470"] I talked to difficult child this morning. He seemed in better spirits than yesterday. He said he was going to check out some of the places I suggested yesterday. He said he has an interview at Burger King at 1 pm. He also wants to try to apply for SSDI which he [B][I]really[/I][/B] needs to do. That's going to be a long process and I think there are advocates through the Mental Health Dept to help him with that so I told him to ask around and find out today. He'll definitely qualify for the SSDI but he needs to apply ASAP. He said he had the urge to steal yesterday but he stopped himself. That's good that he recognized the urge and also was able to stop himself from doing it but I fear that unless he gets on medications he won't be able to stop himself for long. That's part of his mania with the bipolar. Some people go on shopping binges - difficult child goes on stealing binges bc he has no $ to shop. Soooooo, I'm going to keep trying to reach out to people today and I think he's going to do the same. I'm hoping that he can get some help soon. We live in one of the most affluent counties in our state so there are a plethora of services available. It's just finding the right ones and actually going to apply for them. Sometimes difficult child will say he applied for something but he really didn't because he didn't feel like it. He has problems with sitting still and filling out paperwork and noise and length of appts, etc. So it's hard. Really really hard. But you know what? I'm ok. I'm freaked out, yes, but I've been through this before with him. He was just in a different state. This is not a NEW situation. It's the same situation in a new area. So as long as I keep calm and remain strong I think it will be ok. Please remind me of that when I start to panic or freak out at a later time bc I know I will. [/QUOTE]
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