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Copa, a continuation on spiraling out of control
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<blockquote data-quote="Miracle" data-source="post: 759813" data-attributes="member: 26597"><p>It is hard to know what is drugs and what is mental illness and hard to know what to do when so many opinions and so much judgment is thrown at you.</p><p></p><p>Whether the behavior is due to psychosis or drugs, you still hold the person accountable. Our son signed himself out of the first hospital. We told him he could not come home and made arrangements for private treatment. He chose to spend 2 nights outside in the cold. The 2nd night, we were called by police twice and one knocked on our door. We were firm - we cannot help. He needs hospitalization. </p><p></p><p>They took him to a different hospital where he signed himself out 3 days later and showed up at our front door by taxi out of the blue. He spent 2 nights at home. When I saw he did not intend to go to treatment, I told him you either leave now with your dad to go back to the hospital, or I’m calling the police. He went back to the hospital, and we dropped him off with a note explaining history. (I cried the rest of the day.)</p><p></p><p>When our son was discharged the 3rd time, we said you can go to a boarding house or to this nice dual treatment (mental health/drug addiction) facility. He chose the facility, and we flew him there the day he was released. He thankfully seems clear headed again.</p><p></p><p>So whether your son is psychotic or not, you still can’t control or cure him. He still gets to make his own choices, so you do what you need to do. </p><p></p><p>Re: hope, the Bible says in the end faith, hope, and love remain. In order to maintain my own sanity, I’ve had to feed my faith and hope.</p><p></p><p>Faith is seeing the unseen. Instead of looking in despair at the rebellious, drug abusing, psychotic 20 yo, I picture him made new - a husband, father, faithful provider. I can’t make it happen, but I know by faith, this is something God can do. Reading the New Testament, missionary biographies, inspirational stories, etc. helps so much with this.</p><p></p><p>I feed my hope by reading research that many have 1 episode of psychosis and go on to live normal lives without further incident, research that says 2/3 of those with psychosis/schizophrenia can recover long-term, etc. I read stories about people who recovered or were delivered from decades of mental illness, drug addiction, prison, etc. There are also a lot of stories of recovery from drug induced psychosis on Reddit that I found so helpful to read.</p><p></p><p>I have stopped sharing with family members who make me feel fearful or say drugs can’t do that your son has schizophrenia. I talk to friends who feed my faith and hope and tell me he’s going to have a wonderful testimony one day.</p><p></p><p>It is still all outside of my control and I have to distance myself from it to protect myself, but at least with faith and hope, I can keep getting out of bed in the morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Miracle, post: 759813, member: 26597"] It is hard to know what is drugs and what is mental illness and hard to know what to do when so many opinions and so much judgment is thrown at you. Whether the behavior is due to psychosis or drugs, you still hold the person accountable. Our son signed himself out of the first hospital. We told him he could not come home and made arrangements for private treatment. He chose to spend 2 nights outside in the cold. The 2nd night, we were called by police twice and one knocked on our door. We were firm - we cannot help. He needs hospitalization. They took him to a different hospital where he signed himself out 3 days later and showed up at our front door by taxi out of the blue. He spent 2 nights at home. When I saw he did not intend to go to treatment, I told him you either leave now with your dad to go back to the hospital, or I’m calling the police. He went back to the hospital, and we dropped him off with a note explaining history. (I cried the rest of the day.) When our son was discharged the 3rd time, we said you can go to a boarding house or to this nice dual treatment (mental health/drug addiction) facility. He chose the facility, and we flew him there the day he was released. He thankfully seems clear headed again. So whether your son is psychotic or not, you still can’t control or cure him. He still gets to make his own choices, so you do what you need to do. Re: hope, the Bible says in the end faith, hope, and love remain. In order to maintain my own sanity, I’ve had to feed my faith and hope. Faith is seeing the unseen. Instead of looking in despair at the rebellious, drug abusing, psychotic 20 yo, I picture him made new - a husband, father, faithful provider. I can’t make it happen, but I know by faith, this is something God can do. Reading the New Testament, missionary biographies, inspirational stories, etc. helps so much with this. I feed my hope by reading research that many have 1 episode of psychosis and go on to live normal lives without further incident, research that says 2/3 of those with psychosis/schizophrenia can recover long-term, etc. I read stories about people who recovered or were delivered from decades of mental illness, drug addiction, prison, etc. There are also a lot of stories of recovery from drug induced psychosis on Reddit that I found so helpful to read. I have stopped sharing with family members who make me feel fearful or say drugs can’t do that your son has schizophrenia. I talk to friends who feed my faith and hope and tell me he’s going to have a wonderful testimony one day. It is still all outside of my control and I have to distance myself from it to protect myself, but at least with faith and hope, I can keep getting out of bed in the morning. [/QUOTE]
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