My Friend's Son Bought A Project Car

[nerp]

The drug use is usually self-medication. Getting rid of the drug problem can unleash the monster that has been kept aside in a fog. He needs a structured residential recovery program that can handle mental illness cases as well as addiction. Often the drug use is blamed for all the problems when it in actuality is a symptom.

 

[Railgun]

I personally don't care.

Sure are posting a lot about it if that's really the case.

Speculating he's bi-polar? Someone's not judgmental at all.

 

[Iron Woode]

Sure are posting a lot about it if that's really the case.

Speculating he's bi-polar? Someone's not judgmental at all.

you haven't met him.

I am concerned because my friend is having a hard time with his kid.

I don't care that much about his kid because its his life and he doesn't want to listen to anyone at all.

I have done what I could. The rest is up to him and fate.

 

[Ramses]

Why, so they could have put him on SSRIs and eventually lead to his suicide about a decade later? Medical community has a very poor track record dealing with mental illness and unless the guy is suicidal, there isn't really much they know how to handle/deal with these sorts of people.


Now that's a problem that needs to be managed. Unfortunately, it's going to be very difficult to convince a bipolar person to stop their drug abuse habits if they have any.

Either it's fixable, or he's put away somewhere/runs away/dies, any of those is better than prolonged hellish misery of that sort of sickness ime.

nerp is also likely correct on the subabuse. It's common.