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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 721894" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I also found an antidepressant was incredibly helpful when things were so awful with my son. I don't think I would have been able to get through those horrible days so well without one. Don't feel bad if you have to ask your doctor for one. It can make a whole world of difference! </p><p></p><p>As for bad therapists, I have seen some horrible ones too. That profession seems to attract the idiots and whackjobs. I think some people go into it because they need therapy and some go into it because they want to help people. It can take a while to find a good therapist because there are so many bad ones out there. </p><p></p><p>Keep looking until you find the right one. You might look and see if your job has an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Some employers offer them and they are pretty handy. Often they offer a few counseling sessions to help with a short term problem. When I had a job that offered this, I came up with several problems that qualified for counseling. I used this to search for a therapist I liked. It was handy to have my employer pay for the first couple of sessions where I was mostly investigating whether or not the therapist was any good or not. Often you have to really dig into your employee manual to find out if you have this or not. I was shocked to learn that my son's part time $8 an hour job offers this after he has been on the job for six months!! He is in high school still! So it may be worth digging through your employee manual to look for this. </p><p></p><p>As for your son, so what if you gave him a month? He said he was a changed man and he isn't. Go ahead and call the bail bond guy. Tell him that your son is smoking weed every day and cannot stay in your home. Also call the cops and tell them that your son is smoking weed and threatening you and he is on bond. See who comes to get him first. If it was me, I would probably tell the bail bond guy that he was talking about running instead of going to court, and they probably should come get him sooner rather than later. But I was always the mean Mommy who insisted on consequences and not being messed with. You and I both know it is going to take a crowbar and some dynamite to get your son out of your house. You just telling him to leave is not going to do it. And if you had to put up money for his bail, he won't show up for court just to be mean and make you lose it. So go ahead and turn him in and send him back to jail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 721894, member: 1233"] I also found an antidepressant was incredibly helpful when things were so awful with my son. I don't think I would have been able to get through those horrible days so well without one. Don't feel bad if you have to ask your doctor for one. It can make a whole world of difference! As for bad therapists, I have seen some horrible ones too. That profession seems to attract the idiots and whackjobs. I think some people go into it because they need therapy and some go into it because they want to help people. It can take a while to find a good therapist because there are so many bad ones out there. Keep looking until you find the right one. You might look and see if your job has an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Some employers offer them and they are pretty handy. Often they offer a few counseling sessions to help with a short term problem. When I had a job that offered this, I came up with several problems that qualified for counseling. I used this to search for a therapist I liked. It was handy to have my employer pay for the first couple of sessions where I was mostly investigating whether or not the therapist was any good or not. Often you have to really dig into your employee manual to find out if you have this or not. I was shocked to learn that my son's part time $8 an hour job offers this after he has been on the job for six months!! He is in high school still! So it may be worth digging through your employee manual to look for this. As for your son, so what if you gave him a month? He said he was a changed man and he isn't. Go ahead and call the bail bond guy. Tell him that your son is smoking weed every day and cannot stay in your home. Also call the cops and tell them that your son is smoking weed and threatening you and he is on bond. See who comes to get him first. If it was me, I would probably tell the bail bond guy that he was talking about running instead of going to court, and they probably should come get him sooner rather than later. But I was always the mean Mommy who insisted on consequences and not being messed with. You and I both know it is going to take a crowbar and some dynamite to get your son out of your house. You just telling him to leave is not going to do it. And if you had to put up money for his bail, he won't show up for court just to be mean and make you lose it. So go ahead and turn him in and send him back to jail. [/QUOTE]
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