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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Suggest Methods To Handle Depression

We adopted our son when he was twelve. He s twenty-seven now. The last nine years he s been in and out of jail and prison. He s come back home--has been here four months and is doing well in many ways. Has a part-time job, is sober, and is in counseling.He has history of substance abuse, anti-social personality disorder, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and is in the borderline intellectual range of functioning. He s working with the local mental health agency.He s too dependent on me. Because he lives with us I have to remind him of things he needs to do, because it affects us. He doesn t have a drivers license.He likes it here and wants to stay longer than we had planned on. He needs much more help than I can continue to provide, due to my health.Do you think we should see a therapist to help us help him transition successfully? I m often feeling overwhelmed and think I d feel better if we had some kind of plan in place. The counselor he works with doesn t seem to have any goals in place for him.Thanks for your help.
Fri, 4 Jul 2014
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he is suffering from many ailments. But you mention that he is borderline intellectual. this is the part which is hurdle to complete success of his treatment. As due to low IQ he is not able to put in tha practice whatever s=discuss in counseling. His IQ you didn't mention otherwise I can tel you more about his limitation. But if he is better since four months, it is good sign.Continue with medicines and counseling as soon as possible. If he is better for more than a year , then we can expect to move forward to live his life without any dependency. Your counselor can tell you more.
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Suggest Methods To Handle Depression

he is suffering from many ailments. But you mention that he is borderline intellectual. this is the part which is hurdle to complete success of his treatment. As due to low IQ he is not able to put in tha practice whatever s=discuss in counseling. His IQ you didn t mention otherwise I can tel you more about his limitation. But if he is better since four months, it is good sign.Continue with medicines and counseling as soon as possible. If he is better for more than a year , then we can expect to move forward to live his life without any dependency. Your counselor can tell you more.