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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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Thinking of you this morning @lovemyboys. Hope you got some sleep and that you get a bit of peace of mind today.

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Hope things are as good as they can be @lovemyboys

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Thank you @soul I went past his work today who said that yesterday he opened up the place and then said he was feeling sick and went home after 45 minutes and then had an already organised day off today. I know he is about because when I was out today he has come over and taken his things. He may of been waiting for me to not be home, I'm not sure, but I know he is around, at least.

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Perhaps he needs a bit of space and time. At least you know he safe. Nonetheless, it must be worrying for you. I hope you can reconnect with him soon and things can be put in place to allow him to have a happier life @lovemyboys.

Take care. Just wondering if you know the other people he lives with and can get the contact details of even one of them just in case you face this situation again and want to know his whereabouts. It's probably not a "cool" thing but it might give you peace of mind.

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Hope that you have had a reasonable day @lovemyboys.

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Thank you @soul Sorry I haven't been able to check in, we just have a lot to deal with

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I understand @lovemyboys. Be gentle with yourself. You are in my thoughts.

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@soul sorry only just responding to this now
Yes I know the first names of the people he lives with and I have met them, honestly it's not that hard to find people you need to talk to online these days if I needed to speak to one of them I could jump on FB which is good
Got a little goodnight love you message from him which was lovely, haven't heard from him since that night he stayed

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Happy to hear that he connected with you again @lovemyboys. Hope you'll get to see him again soon. I live with my daughter and am trying to arrange Sunday lunch for the three of us (my son too) So hard to get us all together since friends seem to take preference over family 😥

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It is hard isnt i, I hate thinking about when I'm old and they wished they had said yes to hanging out with their mum more often
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