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Easeful · 02-08-2008, 10:04 PM

Our son is a recently diagnosed bi-polar. He had a major paranoid schizophrenic episode over the Christmas break (he's 20) and was hospitalized 1,000 miles from home.

Since then we've been playing catch up. His meds have been changed 4 times since Dec. 22. We tried to have him return to school with a much reduced load, 12 hours of very easy courses.

This week he's thrown in the towel on school. We've brought him home. We've made appointments for more detailed evaluations. He's unable to do his school work. He's unable to work a job. He can't focus. He can't organize. You get the idea.

But he can muster the faculties to form an argument to convince his Dad buy him a new game system to "help" him get through this. So now he's playing video games. From where I sit this has been all he's wanted to do for the last 10 years and now he's gotten a green light from the "medical community".

I'm new to all this. I get that he doesn't feel like doing anything, but I can't believe that letting him veg out in front of a tv until the Dr.'s find the right combo of meds is really a good idea? Any thoughts?

02-08-2008, 10:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Easeful Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nearby Posts: 231	Now What? Our son is a recently diagnosed bi-polar. He had a major paranoid schizophrenic episode over the Christmas break (he's 20) and was hospitalized 1,000 miles from home. Since then we've been playing catch up. His meds have been changed 4 times since Dec. 22. We tried to have him return to school with a much reduced load, 12 hours of very easy courses. This week he's thrown in the towel on school. We've brought him home. We've made appointments for more detailed evaluations. He's unable to do his school work. He's unable to work a job. He can't focus. He can't organize. You get the idea. But he can muster the faculties to form an argument to convince his Dad buy him a new game system to "help" him get through this. So now he's playing video games. From where I sit this has been all he's wanted to do for the last 10 years and now he's gotten a green light from the "medical community". I'm new to all this. I get that he doesn't feel like doing anything, but I can't believe that letting him veg out in front of a tv until the Dr.'s find the right combo of meds is really a good idea? Any thoughts?