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Homeless son, 26, how do I cope with this?
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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 619177" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I believe there are 5 different kinds of Schizophrenia. My brother is a paranoid Schizophrenic and lived on the street's of L.A. for many years. He was not aggressive or violent, but he had auditory hallucinations and felt everyone was listening and watching him. About 25 years ago, he was hospitalized, I am not sure why but he ended up staying with me for awhile after he was administered medication. Eventually we were able to get him a room in a boarding house in L.A. He did not want to stay with me because he said it was "boring." After living on the streets for so long I'm sure it was boring. </p><p></p><p>The problem is getting your son to a Dr. to be evaluated. If he refuses to go, then it really doesn't matter what his diagnosis is, he will continue to live the life he wants to your horror. Mentally ill folks, for whatever their reasons, are very often not compliant with medications, either because they do not feel they require medication because there is nothing wrong with them, or the disease itself has components that they enjoy and don't want to give up. If you attempt to get your son on medication and he refuses, there is really nothing you can do, you still have to learn detachment in order for YOUR life to work. We can't spend endless energy trying to get another person to avail themselves to services or anything that they do not want. It sounds as if your son does not trust any part of society, so getting medications doesn't sound like something he will do willingly. Of course it is worth investigating and trying, but if your attempts to get him to help himself fail, you'll need to learn to let go. Having lived around mental illness all my life, trying to get another on medication is not easy and doesn't always work, so just prepare yourself for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 619177, member: 13542"] I believe there are 5 different kinds of Schizophrenia. My brother is a paranoid Schizophrenic and lived on the street's of L.A. for many years. He was not aggressive or violent, but he had auditory hallucinations and felt everyone was listening and watching him. About 25 years ago, he was hospitalized, I am not sure why but he ended up staying with me for awhile after he was administered medication. Eventually we were able to get him a room in a boarding house in L.A. He did not want to stay with me because he said it was "boring." After living on the streets for so long I'm sure it was boring. The problem is getting your son to a Dr. to be evaluated. If he refuses to go, then it really doesn't matter what his diagnosis is, he will continue to live the life he wants to your horror. Mentally ill folks, for whatever their reasons, are very often not compliant with medications, either because they do not feel they require medication because there is nothing wrong with them, or the disease itself has components that they enjoy and don't want to give up. If you attempt to get your son on medication and he refuses, there is really nothing you can do, you still have to learn detachment in order for YOUR life to work. We can't spend endless energy trying to get another person to avail themselves to services or anything that they do not want. It sounds as if your son does not trust any part of society, so getting medications doesn't sound like something he will do willingly. Of course it is worth investigating and trying, but if your attempts to get him to help himself fail, you'll need to learn to let go. Having lived around mental illness all my life, trying to get another on medication is not easy and doesn't always work, so just prepare yourself for that. [/QUOTE]
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