College student issue

[Guest guest]

Hi, I usually post on here issues regarding my 17 yr. old son. I have another

son,22, who has never been diagnosed with anything but is funky in his own way.

Very driven, very bright in an academic way (goes to stanford on scholarship),

little common sense, focused to the extreme, rigid, classical philosophy major.

As a kid, he would only wear four dif. costumes I made him and would rotate

between them. He wore a hockey helmet and carried a bat when he got his

kindergarten shots. wear He was out of synch with the other kids academically

but still had friends. Tough time in MS with no friends until HS when he found a

good group of friends. We thought maybe Asper. but he always had good social

skills. We thought maybe ADD b/c extreme focus. We have a strong dose of

ADD/ADHD and anxiety and OCD in our families. His dad had a mental breakdown at

23 and was diag. with schizo-affective disorder. He also has ADHD. He functions

well now. My son is set to grad. this June and seems very off. This has been

getting worse since about 1 1/2 years ago, since he has gone intensively into

the Greek and phil. He came home this xmas and was talking rapid fire about some

people he twitters with on the internet. Then he talked about a website project

he was working on, prob. legit. but I cannot understand what he talks about.

Alot of ranting about corporations, etc., kind of typical stuff for his

age. He said he has to move out east b/c that is where everything is happening.

His aunts have commented that he seems off too, no eye contact and in another

world. He has always had strange sleeping patterns but this seemed worse. Up til

5 or 6 am and sleep all day til 5 or 6. He says he is working on his project and

can't adhere to normal people's sleeping patterns. I asked him about therapy and

he does not believe in therapy, doctors or med. Said we just have to accept him.

We told him that he may be headed for a nervous breakdown which he listened to a

little. My husband and I are in our 50's and don't know if we just don't get him

b/c dif. era. If this is normal for a 22 year old with that personality. I am

going to call the Univ. tomorrow and see if I can talk to someone in the

counseling dept. I feel like my hands are tied as far as getting him to accept

help. Sorry for the long post. He has always been a puzzle for us.