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I really don't know where to begin. It's been awhile since I've been on here. In Oct. it will be 3 years for my son having TBI. I would like to say he is better but I honestly think he's worse. Our problem has not just been dealing with TBI, but my son was a heroin addict before the accident. I had hoped all that would end after the accident, but he had an ex girlfriend who I thought had really loved him and came to visit him after the accident and got him on heroin again. Well I keep him from doing it quite a bit but if he gets a chance he will do it or any other drug he can get his hands on.
My son seems to get obsessive about memories or just things in general. His best memory in his head was the good times he had on drugs I guess and with the accident I can't seem to reason with him any longer. He seems to have lost that ability. So I am at a loss, I can't seem to reason with him on anything. I can't even have what you would call just a normal conversation with him. He has unbelievable flash anger. It's hard to take him in public anymore because he will just yell across a room in anger and he cusses so much that people just stare at us. The more I try to ask him to be quite about it the louder he will get. He does this even in doctors offices if he has to wait to long. But when the doc comes out it's like his cussing and yelling never happened. He is happy as can be for awhile. I am not a sensitive person and things don't get to me easily, but his actions lately have made me feel like I just can't take it anymore and I seem to be crying all the time. I don't know what to do to help him. He has no friends and has no real interest in doing anything. He has made it so hard for me to take him in public to occupy his mind a little. So he has no ability to make any good friends. I just wonder if anyone else has any advise. I feel like I might be losing my mind sometimes. My son is 25 years old, and I just want to help him have some kind of a normal life. Posted on 07/18/12, 11:35 am |
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Your story is very familiar to me. We are going on 4 years for our son. He is also 25 years old. The biggest difference is that he was not a abuser of drugs before TBI. He got hooked on opiates and is trying hard to stay away but he has used meth recently. He has trouble with adjusting to the new person that he has become. He knows he is not quite as smart and hates the mood swings and ups and downs. The headaches daily drive him crazy so thats where the drug use came in the first place. He wanted the pain to go away. Who knew he would be addicted.
I have seen the anger, yelling and snapping more often that I wish. His doctor for some reason will not put him on any kind of anti-depressants. The doctor he had before had him on Lexapro and he was much kinder. But this doctor does not think it is indicated. I think that doctor needs to live in my world for a minute or two. Not sure exactly what the answer is but hang in there ! hugs...pam 
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