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23 year old son

23 year old son

Hi everyone

I saw an ad for this site online and thought it sounded very appropriate for me. I will start off by telling you a bit about my family.

I have 4 children - my two boys and then I have two step children, a girl and a boy.

My youngest son died in 2015, due to a variety of decisons he made that eventually lead him to relying on life support, which we chose to switch off after 7 days. He would be 21 this year. My little baby now looking down on us.

It has been very difficult for our family these last couple of years, but we have been strong for each other and pulled through times we thought we really wouldn't.

My other son, 23, I thought was going along relatively ok until the last 4 - 5 months. He came to me quite upset earlier this year asking for my help to book a GP appointment due to what appeared to him as very bad anxiety. I helped him booked an appointment and urged our local headspace to let him in as soon as possible despite an apparent 12 week wait. He has been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

He has been seeking help from a psychologist and taking medication, only been to two of his psych appointments and recently seemed very physical unwell, extremley anxious, bad tempered. I found out he has stopped taking his medication abruptly.

I'm just stuck on how to help him when the help was offered and seemed to be ok but he has now started to refuse it. He lives out of home, plays football at semi professional level, and is the manager of a local cafe, so he is doing very well for himself, I just don't understand how I can help him when he has just decided not to seek help anymore and will not speak to me or anyone about it. He needs this support and has said that himself but keeps brushing off the idea of telling his gp what has happened.

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@outlander Haven't heard from him, I'm really worried

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Normally this is no big deal if i haven't spoken to him a few days but after last night and nothing today I'm a bit concerned @outlander

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are you able to call him @lovemyboys and ask how hes going?

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I've been trying @outlander He's left a few things I thought he'd be back to get

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hmm that is abit concerning @lovemyboys

he might come abck over later as he did last night.

just keep trying to ring him

are you able to ring his GF or housemate and ask to speak with him or if he is there?

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@outlander His house keys and car keys are here (he usually walks to work from here because its close) and his phone charger, so its unlikely he is home. I don't have contact details for anybody else. Just trying a few things at the moment. As I said earlier don't want to crowd him but i am worried.

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Hi @lovemyboys - from the little that you've told us, it seems that your son doesn't exactly wear his heart on his sleeve. Could it be possible that he is feeling a bit embarrassed by his emotional outburst last night and is avoiding you. Perhaps he's a bit exhausted by the ordeal and doesn't want to discuss it.

Maybe he's gone out after work today. Do you know his schedule at all? I can understand that you would be concerned because he left his keys and phone charger at your place. Can you ring the cafe at all if it's still open and ask if he turned up at work?

Just a few thoughts.

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@soul has suggested some wonderful ideas here @lovemyboys are any of these possible?

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Hope everything's okay @lovemyboys

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Thank you @soul and @outlander
I don't know what he is normally up to on a Tuesday night but I do know that his footy team trains on a Tuesday, without embarrassing him I've quietly sent somebody a message to ask if he was there, didn't say why, I'm waiting for a response back.
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