My leukemia's back.

[bruceha2000]

For fun?

Hope so Celebrating any number of "events"

• Dad's 90th on Oct 30
• Thanksgiving, which I've not done here in 30 years

• Sister's 65th on Friday

• Niece and nephew birthdays last month

• Same niece's engagement

• Probably more that I don't recall

When she turned 16, she began having minor mental issues.

They had an hour on mental health on VPR last week. Apparently that is about the age bipolar starts to show up. I'm sorry you have had to suffer the results it so long.

... And I really hate to say this but given the history, I wonder if your dear GD isn't going to end up the same way. Hopefully someone will catch it early if so and get her treatment before she is out of control and on her own.

@Blooie

 

[ronott1]

They had an hour on mental health on VPR last week. Apparently that is about the age bipolar starts to show up. I'm sorry you have had to suffer the results it so long.

... And I really hate to say this but given the history, I wonder if your dear GD isn't going to end up the same way. Hopefully someone will catch it early if so and get her treatment before she is out of control and on her own.

@Blooie

Schizophrenia Starts at age 18 to 20 and is more common in males. It often hits as a Freshman in College

 

[wyoDreamer]

One of my best friend's son had schizophrenia start while he was a sophomore in college - across the state from her and living in an apartment on his own. It got bad fast and when he was home for Thanksgiving that year, he threatened to kill himself - he actually grabbed the kitchen knife and headed upstairs to his room with it. After a year or so of legal trauma with a county prosecutor determined to make a name for herself, an understanding judge dropped all charges and they finally managed to get him the help he needed. He knows he needs to take his meds and has accepted that he will never finish college - too many triggers for him. He has an apartment in a small town about 20 minutes from his parents, and has been working steady at low pressure jobs.

 

[ronott1]

One of my best friend's son had schizophrenia start while he was a sophomore in college - across the state from her and living in an apartment on his own. It got bad fast and when he was home for Thanksgiving that year, he threatened to kill himself - he actually grabbed the kitchen knife and headed upstairs to his room with it. After a year or so of legal trauma with a county prosecutor determined to make a name for herself, an understanding judge dropped all charges and they finally managed to get him the help he needed. He knows he needs to take his meds and has accepted that he will never finish college - too many triggers for him. He has an apartment in a small town about 20 minutes from his parents, and has been working steady at low pressure jobs.

It is good that he is staying on his meds. I have a cousin that goes off of them all the time

 

[wyoDreamer]

I had a friend who was single and looking for a girlfriend. He met a girl at Walmart, she worked there, and he asked her out. They arranged to meet for drinks one night. Luckily, they drove separately and she had no clue where he lived because she scared the bejeezes out of him. the conversation went something like "I have a juvenile record, but that is sealed. I spent most of my young adult years in and out of prison/treatment centers. I am feeling much better now, so I am stopping taking my meds..."

 

[N F C]

I had a friend who was single and looking for a girlfriend. He met a girl at Walmart, she worked there, and he asked her out. They arranged to meet for drinks one night. Luckily, they drove separately and she had no clue where he lived because she scared the bejeezes out of him. the conversation went something like "I have a juvenile record, but that is sealed. I spent most of my young adult years in and out of prison/treatment centers. I am feeling much better now, so I am stopping taking my meds..."

Run for the hills from that one!

 

[Blooie]

Not who you wanna take home to mama!

 

[oldrooster]

I spent most of my young adult years in and out of prison/treatment centers. I am feeling much better now, so I am stopping taking my meds..."

Unfortunately that is more common than one would think, is that they think they are better (maybe that's true) but they don't realize they need the meds to stay well, and if it's because they don't like the side effects or that they are on meds period, they don't realize they may be able to get off some of the meds or get different ones with fewer or less sever side effects if they speak to the doctor.

 

[bruceha2000]

He has an apartment in a small town about 20 minutes from his parents, and has been working steady at low pressure jobs.

Good for him. As @oldrooster said, it isn't uncommon for people on those meds think they are better and don't need them anymore. But it is the meds that are keeping them better.

 

[wyoDreamer]

His mom is Bi-Polar or Manic Depressive ( I can't remember which one) so I am sure she has been influential in his ability to cope with this problem. He is a good kid and I am so glad that things are working out for him.