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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 121858" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Are you absolutely positive he's not on drugs or drinking? That sort of behavior almost always goes along with drugging/drinking.</p><p>Whether he is or isn't, if he refuses treatment you can't help him. Maybe, with his diagnosis., he can get assisted living from the state, BUT you can't get violent there. Is he capable of that? They'd give him his medications, if he was willing to take them. At the same time in my opinion he's on A LOT of medications. Maybe he doesn't like the way all of them make him feel--maybe he can be convinced to take one or two that help him the most.</p><p>At any rate, I feel your pain. I went through the same thing. And I felt like the biggest loser parent on earth. It surprised me when "tough love" worked, at least for my kid. I do wish you luck. It's so hard.</p><p>I'm sure you know this, but older adopted kids are already pretty much "formed" when we get them (I adopted one at age six). Sometimes, unfortunately all too often, love isn't enough to combat their issues plus what they lived through before we got them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 121858, member: 1550"] Are you absolutely positive he's not on drugs or drinking? That sort of behavior almost always goes along with drugging/drinking. Whether he is or isn't, if he refuses treatment you can't help him. Maybe, with his diagnosis., he can get assisted living from the state, BUT you can't get violent there. Is he capable of that? They'd give him his medications, if he was willing to take them. At the same time in my opinion he's on A LOT of medications. Maybe he doesn't like the way all of them make him feel--maybe he can be convinced to take one or two that help him the most. At any rate, I feel your pain. I went through the same thing. And I felt like the biggest loser parent on earth. It surprised me when "tough love" worked, at least for my kid. I do wish you luck. It's so hard. I'm sure you know this, but older adopted kids are already pretty much "formed" when we get them (I adopted one at age six). Sometimes, unfortunately all too often, love isn't enough to combat their issues plus what they lived through before we got them. [/QUOTE]
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