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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I am shaking right now. I have been reading about various diagnoses and just finished reading about schizoaffective disorder. THIS is him.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizoaffective-disorder/DS00866/DSECTION=symptoms

He demonstrates nearly all of these symptoms. I had never heard of this disorder before. Thank you so much for sharing this information with me--I am eager to show this to DH. My heart is breaking right now thinking of all the years he had been on ADHD drugs--yes, he was on ritalin and other attention drugs for years before rejecting them. I don't know if they were wrong for him but it seems like he needed SO MUCH MORE than this. Poor baby. I am going to cry thinking of how he must have been struggling for more than a decade. I have no idea what to do. [/quote]

OP - I had a neighbor growing you who went through something similar. He was diagnosed ADHD, asperger's and it seemed like very couple of years something else. Now that he is early 20's it is clear that it is bipolar and schizophrenia. His parents have tried for years growing up to get him the help they felt he needed. But now that he is an adult there is not much they can do. He has at various points been homeless. But unless he is willing to take meds, his parents (now divorced) are united that he can not be around his younger brothers for fear that he may hurt them.  So they wait, hope and help when they can. It is heartbreaking to watch. [/quote]

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