[MissCathryn]

My ex snaps at every little thing. Gets angry way too fast and it's getting hard for my son to deal with his outbursts.

Magnesium? An SSRi?

[~Christina]

Does your ex have a mental illness ? Is he seeing help, treatment?

Medications work differently for everyone.

If your son doesn't feel safe with him than you need to not allow your son to go there. Do you see a therapist? If not you might want to find one that can help you navigate your son seeing his father. Not sure how old your son is , he might need therapy.

I'm so sorry your having to deal with so much ((( hugs )))

Is your ex willing to get therapy or too stubborn? My ex was dead against mental health treatment. Now, decades later he went through therapy and said it benefitted him greatly. I didn't notice the difference...all he did was criticize my parenting and say I spoil and coddle my son which isn't true and he would know that if he was ever around. We set boundaries, my son just refused to follow them. My son is doing well in many ways and bad in many ways but he's making his own choices and is an adult now. He's been working pretty steadily and making a decent wage. He also works for my parents who have a home business . hes doing ok for 19 but my mom, husband, mother and father are all very worried about him.

I'm rambling....I had so much more to say that I wonder how far I'd go.

[wiretwister]

my lamictal has been the most helpful but it has been a long and slow process ... my main non-med is too avoid the trigger (stress) also a long and slow process .... for me there is and was no quick fix and it is still one of my biggest issues .... at least I no longer carry a gun ... I credit my wife with being the biggest change factor as she shouiders most of our daily and family decisions ... single handedly she has reduced my anxiety by at least 50% ...

sorry to say ... but in my case at least ... until I wanted to change ... nothing ever got better ... and I did not change till ip which was a cold hard smack in the face ... but a wake up call ...

I will pray for you ... Tigger ..

ps: the only suplement I take is vit D ... but it does help with the depression ...