Help a mom with a major decision about her son....

calimom1214
Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:33:13 +0000

missypie, funny you say that because a friend mentioned doing the same thing and gave me the name of a place she took both of her in college kids just to find out what they were best suited for. We may look into that down the road but right now he needs to get help for the suffering he is going through, frankly he wouldn’t’ admit it but my guess is a career is the last thing on his mind, he is overwhelmed and depressed and wants out of what he is going through.

Met with therapist…spent almost 2 hours together, bottom line is that he feels he is definitely in a major depression, feels so down on himself, and so used to hearing that what he is doing is wrong, bad, counterproductive, so used to being the “black sheep” that he engages in reckless, I don’t care behavior (pot or drinking). He said right now as hard as it is, we need to take a step back and lay off a bit…there is much more to it than that and we are coming up with a strategy, and tonight we will go back but this time my husband and I alone to meet with him. I felt better coming out of that meeting last night…its one tiny step in hopefully the right direction.

Next thing on the agenda is getting him on the meds asap. No matter, what there is no quick fix and its going to take some time but I am willing to try what he is suggesting because in all honesty I am quite desperate and just so badly want to see him get well and for him to be happy and a fully functioning kid again.