How do I get help for my son. He is on drugs?!
Question: My son is 21, he has withdrawn from college, lost his job and sits around the house all day while the rest of us are at school or work. We took him for a drug test which came back negative and he went into counseling, the psychologist said he was bi-polar. However, his friend's mom has called me to say he is faking the bi-polar thing in order to keep getting various drugs and to have an excuse to not work or go to college. His behavior is so erratic and he is very difficult to live with - I have 3 other younger kids. What to do? Thanks in advance.
Answers: My son is 21, he has withdrawn from college, lost his job and sits around the house all day while the rest of us are at school or work. We took him for a drug test which came back negative and he went into counseling, the psychologist said he was bi-polar. However, his friend's mom has called me to say he is faking the bi-polar thing in order to keep getting various drugs and to have an excuse to not work or go to college. His behavior is so erratic and he is very difficult to live with - I have 3 other younger kids. What to do? Thanks in advance.
Tough love. Google it and find the nearest branch in your area. You may need to get him to leave and stand on his own two feet, before you get a result. The younger kids and you don't deserve this treatment.
im not too sure on where you live, but a friend of mine got sent to utah, where theirs this kind of like rehab, where they make you live in the woods and every night you have to make a shelter, hike, and make your own meals and all while learning to do things for yourself and keep you off drugs. it worked for her and she learned how to work hard and not depend on other people or drugs.