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[quote=Anonymous]I am so sorry you are dealing with this. As a person who had to live through this with her brother I can especially understand what you are dealing with. Unfortunately in the case of my brother it continued to get worse as he got older. Getting him admitted was very difficult - he had to do harm to himself or others - and it could not be a threat but actually do harm. Even when he was admitted (after he smashed every window in our house and I ended up in the ER needing stitches) he was put on a psych hold - max 48 hours - had to wait numerous times for the courts to force drugs on him. Once he was stabilized he would come home again - decide the meds didn't work and stop taking them - back to the previous cycle - over and over again. Part of the problem was mental illness is not well understood and there are also many things in place to protect those that have mental illness. But it means it is very difficult to get the right treatment. If you child is willing to do therapy and stay on meds you are way ahead  in the process - my brother fought both ideas- so we were left with emergency care when things got bad. Start finding those people and places that can help you, your family and him. To this day I can't have a relationship with him out of fear of what he will do when he gets mad at me...I don't want that to be your experience. I don't mean to scare you but the reality is mental illness doesn't go away but symptoms can be treated and they will need to be monitored carefully and all the time so you can be ahead of the anger/manic/depression while he is under your roof. [/quote]

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