Suicide talk......so don't read if you are fragile.


















Wes has been halucinating and hearing things for over a month now. Longer? But the voices are telling him to kill everyone and himself.

We called the pdoc this morning and he is out of town. Driving back in actually. He can't see him until the am.

What do I do with him in the mean time? None of his meds help. We doulbled up everything and he couldn't sleep. 4 klonopin and he couldn't stay asleep longer than a couple of minutes because the voices kept screaming at him. And he is so angry.

He is controlling his desire to hurt any one. He keeps saying "I love you mommy" over and over again.

This so sucks.

Does anyone else have trouble with breaking through their meds or the meds just stop working on them out of the blue?

He thinks the zyprexa is making it worse. I dunno anymore. Maybe?

We are going to try and hold out for the pdoc in the morning. Wish us luck.

And any advice would be very helpful.

This sounds awfully scarey....
Could you take him to the emergeny room?
He needs to be sedated so that he doesn't hurt you or any one else....
Do you have any haldol?
there should be another pdoc on call for your pdoc who is out of town....
I think taking him to the er is the safest thing.
I wish he had better more sustained results with his meds.
It seems like he goes ok for a while then the putter out.
hugs to you my dear.
bizi

Mrs Bear

This is distressing because your a Mother, and the primary carer.

When some one says they want to kill themselves, you advise them to seek medical intervention. When someone says they are told by external voices to hurt themselves or others, you should call 999[911 in the USA]

In the UK, UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT of 19 seventy.....something. People in an acute pyschotic state can be detained be in an hospital environment, and if need be under this act against their will, this is called a SECTION, this is done by two doctors, and one or two proffessional persons[ usualy police officers].

Mrs Bear please do NOT see your son's current episode through the eyes as a Mother,

WES is unwell and his thoughts are not of this realm. He is clinical unwell and his thought process is not in the realms of normality. If this means hospitalisation through force is the course needed then so be it.

Your ultimate aim is that WES and Others remain Safe.......


Mrs Brown make the call tonight, to the appropriate bodies and tell them your son is in CRISIS...

PLEASE GOD BE BE BRAVE, AND ABOVE ALL BE SAFE.


David and one for WES

Mrs. Bear,

I agree with David. Hugs to you and may you have the strenght to do the right thing.

befuddled2

Dear Mrs. Bear,
I hope that Wes is safe tonight.

I don't know any good advice except I have heard that sometimes people do better when they lower the AP -- these meds are so tricky sometimes. Also, Bizi's suggestion for Haldol sounds good . . . . maybe keep Haldol around for emergencies -- but maybe you already had that talk with the pdoc.


Mari

He is safe. He's home. He went through a major high for a few hours and finally slept. Still hearing voices and hitting bottom again.

Haldol! Never heard of it. But now I have something to talk to the pdoc with in the morning.

Bless you all.

Dave, I am not ignoring you. I am taking your advice very seriously. The only reason he is not in the hospital right now is because he is controlling his violent impulses. Here in the states, we have to be a threat to ourselves and others. Thank heavens he is not there quite yet. Very close, but his self control awes me.

Wes goes through psycotic episodes about 2 to 3 times a year. This is the first time it has been prolonged with out a break or response to meds. Even when I hospitalized him 2 years ago, it didn't last this long. He's been like this since he was 12. If you were to look at his dosages, you would be astounded he walks and talks.

He is sleeping in the room next to us and he is never out of me or my husbands site. Never. Plus, for unknown reasons, our family dog calms him. Keeps him together. *shrugs* hey if it works.......

Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

I will let you know what the pdoc has to offer in the morning.