Category Archives: adhd

An update on David’s recent crisis

David is stable.  He is still under the suicide watch and will continue to be for the next couple of days.  Tomorrow he sees the psych team, and Tuesday we meet with the therapist. Because of the number of staff that need to work with David at any one point, they didn’t have enough in the residence hall that he was in, so they moved him to a new lodge for the night and through today. Thank you everyone for your prayers. Carl Related articles A threat of suicide and a prayer (whynotfathers.com) David in crisis mode (whynotfathers.com) David in Crisis Part 2 (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

A threat of suicide and a prayer

This morning, I received a phone call from staff.  David is in crisis. It is more than that.  Yesterday two young men got into a fight or something, and David decided to get involved.  As a result he lost all privileges.  Has to spend 20 minutes of every half hour with staff. They usually start their Saturday’s with basketball, which is David’s favorite activity.  As a result of the restriction, that was not available.  In response to finding this out, David got very upset and said he was going to kill himself. In response, he now spends all of his time with staff.  He is under 24 hour observation.  He is prone to being searched at any time so that staff can make sure that he doesn’t have anything that can use to hurt himself.  At night when he sleeps, he sleeps in the same area where the staff work

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David’s Honesty About Travel

Honesty is often times a misunderstood topic when it comes to David. Is he inherently honest?  Yes, I think so.  I think that most people are.  At least that is what I believe. On the other hand.  Do I believe everything David tells me? No.  I think not, and neither should you. Let me give you an example. Let’s us say that David and I are having a conversation about the weather.  Just for example. David:  How you doing? Me: I am ok.  We are having a blizzard. David: I’ll trade places with you if you want… Me:  No David, you need to work your program, but I hope to visit you for a couple of hours soon.  Hopefully later next month. David:  Did you know they have guest housing here? ======== and that would be the sum total of our conversation. Later, I would find out that David is

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