ReggiethecatSenior Contributor
Husband on 24 assessment hold
1st time posting here.
My husband has been having what we strongly suspect is a manic episode since January. It escalated quite significantly in the past 6 weeks. He has been verbally abusive, threatened violence, laying complete blame for his anger at my feet, degrading my work/parenting, telling me that I just sit in my comfortable life and am happy to watch him work and pay for everything, won't let me get a full sentence out before he cuts me off etc etc....
And then 30 mins later uber sweet to me...
Anyway, I took my cats and myself to emergency accommodation last Sunday as his threats had increased. Sent my son to his dad's (my first husband).
I called a couple of his close friends and asked "how does husband seem to you?" And all of them were as worried as I.
Called mental health triage, it took them 3 days to connect with husband as he had smashed his phone. Got it repaired and triage told him he was being referred to CATT team. This whole time I'm receiving abusive emails still maintaining that's it my fault. Took CATT team until today to see him face to face as he's been dodging them.
He has been admitted to hospital on a 24 hour hold. He has removed me as next of kin.
I'm relieved he is being helped but I'm devestated at the cost this will have as a couple, family etc..
I don't even know right now if he ever wants to speak to me again. I know I did the right thing, I had no choice. I'm just so upset right now. X