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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Assuming Holmes is mentally ill.

This is a man who is 24 years old and lives half a country away from his parents.  He could have been suffering from mental illness his entire life or it could have manifested after he got his undergrad.  I wouldn't blame his parents at this point.  Those with mental illness can often hide it well or parents don't know that the behaviours they are seeing are a result of mental illness.  They could just think their kid is quirky or just a little different. Even if they did know his was mentally ill there isn't much they could do about it because of his age.

I have a mentally ill kid that's been in therapy since he was 3.  DH has never been around children and didn't realize there was something off with our own son.  It took our boy being committed at the age of six to realize there was something really wrong with him and it wasn't my imagination.  Our only plan is to get DS all the therapy we can fit it while he's in our care.  We want to make sure that he is aware of the signs and symptoms of his illness so he can tell that he's going of the rails.

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I'm so sorry PP- how did you know at age 3?  [/quote]

It was a sudden change in his behaviour.  He went from being a loving sweet child to becoming extremely violent.  He would say that it was as if something was taking him over and he couldn't control it.
We didn't have a diagnosis for a couple of years.  I had an idea of what it was and when I brought him into a psychiatrist vs the psychologist he was seeing, I told her what I thought DS was suffering from.  He was five at the time and she said she had never seen a bipolar child his age.  Thankfully during that first visit she saw the switch flip and he went from playing quietly with Lego's to suddenly biting and hitting me.  She wasn't believing me until she saw it for herself.

Years after his diagnosis I was given the same one.  Looking back on my life I could see it so clearly and saw that like my son I am a rapid cycler.  I was just not violent like he can be.

I have friends that love me dearly but they worry about my child being alone with theirs.  I can totally understand that even though we have now found the right meds for him.  It took tons of meds to find the right one and the right dosage.

I told DH once that I am putting so much time and effort into our son to ensure he doesn't do the same thing.  Reading "We Need to Talk About Kevin" enforced that.[/quote]

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