My son is 16, he has told me he has suicidal thoughts and says his head is messed up. He uses weed to help him sleep and is missing a lot of college, I have advised him of the affects of weed but he says it's all he has to help him. I noticed he wasn't eating and sleeping and changes in behaviour so I snooped in his room and found drugs and messages on his computer offering weed to mates.
I approached him and he told me he has people after him, he's been selling weed on their turf. We took him to the doctor and have a referral to the mental health team but this will take time. He wants to move out of home and for us to agree which we do not think is sensible but he is so angry and suicidal. Last night he put his fist through a wall and headbutted the door as he's struggling to cope. He went to work then came home saying he's taken ecstasy to feel better.
I want to speed up getting him help, is there a way to do this..if he agrees...he seems to think moving out will help, probably because we know about the drug use. We have other children and the house is so unbearable for them. Last weekend he smashed up my room because I confiscated an LSD tab I found under his bed, we phoned the Frank website for help and they advised with regards to the drug use but it's the behaviour and threat to himself I'm concerned about.
When he was crying and punching the wall I felt so broken for him. What can I do? He goes from begging me to help him to begging we let him move out to some druggies house to threatening suicide. He suggested he moves above his work where he's been told he can stay for free doing extra shifts...that's what he is desperate to do.
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mummytofour · 05/11/2016 08:12
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