lovemysons
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Well, after my last post, got a call from difficult child's wife letting me know young difficult child was high and threatening to kill himself. Was even hitting himself in the head in front of his children!
Apparently young difficult child went to get a refill on medications and then didn't return home (his mother in law's house) for quite some time. When he finally got home his wife found that all the previous messages on her phone had been erased. She "knew" that he had gone to buy street drugs NOT go to get a refill for depression medications.
After an arguement, young difficult child's wife told him "either I leave or you leave"...at that point young difficult child's mother in law got involved and decided to give young difficult child money and take him wherever he wanted to go. He apparently wanted to go to drug dealer's house (according to daughter in law) as daughter in law called drug dealer the next day and he said young difficult child was at his door but he didn't answer.
That was last Thursday night.
That same night (last Thursday) young difficult child called me to say he had nowhere to go and did not know what he was going to do. I was at the casino (an hour to 2 hours away from young difficult child) and the only thing I told him was "you're going to have to figure this out yourself...and I love you."
No word from him for days.
Finally, after agonyzing over his whereabouts, I finally got a call from him Tuesday letting me know that he was in psychiatric hospital. He also told me that he had been thinking about throwing himself in front of a train. Then yesterday another call and him letting me know that they determined he needs a longer stay in psychiatric hospital so they were sending him to State hospital.
Today I got a call from a Dr. at the State hospital where young difficult child is now. The Dr. told me that young difficult child stated that I thought he had Bipolar Disorder like myself and the Dr. wanted to know what lead me to this conclusion. The Dr. asked me a series of questions about his mood, depression, giddy behavior, sleeping patterns, etc. I told him everything I knew going back as far as 3rd grade. I of course told him that young difficult child had been dxd at age 14 with Bipolar Disorder (even before I was dxd). I also told the Dr. about his "hospital hopping" for pain pills and how he was addicted to pain medications and alcohol.
Sometime after I spoke with the Dr. I missed a call from young difficult child. He left me a voicemail with the phone numbers I could reach him at there. I called tonight and the young man who answered the phone went to get young difficult child. He came back a few mins later to tell me that young difficult child was lying on his bed and did not want to accept any calls at this time.
I'm pretty sure young difficult child is mad at me right now. I pretty much told the Dr. all and more. BUT...I am at peace knowing that young difficult child may finally, as an adult, be getting the kind of help he needs. It's been a long road. He'll be 25 next month. I can't believe I have been here on the board since young difficult child was 14 and in drug rehab. I hope this story will have a happy ending one of these days.
It's getting so old...and so am I.
LMS
Well, after my last post, got a call from difficult child's wife letting me know young difficult child was high and threatening to kill himself. Was even hitting himself in the head in front of his children!
Apparently young difficult child went to get a refill on medications and then didn't return home (his mother in law's house) for quite some time. When he finally got home his wife found that all the previous messages on her phone had been erased. She "knew" that he had gone to buy street drugs NOT go to get a refill for depression medications.
After an arguement, young difficult child's wife told him "either I leave or you leave"...at that point young difficult child's mother in law got involved and decided to give young difficult child money and take him wherever he wanted to go. He apparently wanted to go to drug dealer's house (according to daughter in law) as daughter in law called drug dealer the next day and he said young difficult child was at his door but he didn't answer.
That was last Thursday night.
That same night (last Thursday) young difficult child called me to say he had nowhere to go and did not know what he was going to do. I was at the casino (an hour to 2 hours away from young difficult child) and the only thing I told him was "you're going to have to figure this out yourself...and I love you."
No word from him for days.
Finally, after agonyzing over his whereabouts, I finally got a call from him Tuesday letting me know that he was in psychiatric hospital. He also told me that he had been thinking about throwing himself in front of a train. Then yesterday another call and him letting me know that they determined he needs a longer stay in psychiatric hospital so they were sending him to State hospital.
Today I got a call from a Dr. at the State hospital where young difficult child is now. The Dr. told me that young difficult child stated that I thought he had Bipolar Disorder like myself and the Dr. wanted to know what lead me to this conclusion. The Dr. asked me a series of questions about his mood, depression, giddy behavior, sleeping patterns, etc. I told him everything I knew going back as far as 3rd grade. I of course told him that young difficult child had been dxd at age 14 with Bipolar Disorder (even before I was dxd). I also told the Dr. about his "hospital hopping" for pain pills and how he was addicted to pain medications and alcohol.
Sometime after I spoke with the Dr. I missed a call from young difficult child. He left me a voicemail with the phone numbers I could reach him at there. I called tonight and the young man who answered the phone went to get young difficult child. He came back a few mins later to tell me that young difficult child was lying on his bed and did not want to accept any calls at this time.
I'm pretty sure young difficult child is mad at me right now. I pretty much told the Dr. all and more. BUT...I am at peace knowing that young difficult child may finally, as an adult, be getting the kind of help he needs. It's been a long road. He'll be 25 next month. I can't believe I have been here on the board since young difficult child was 14 and in drug rehab. I hope this story will have a happy ending one of these days.
It's getting so old...and so am I.
LMS
