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Worn out

Worn out

I have 17 year old son who hasn’t been to school for over 2 years due to anxiety. The mood swings are constant. He has been diagnosed with anxiety but also trauma that happened in his first 4 years of life. Has seen psychologists over the years so now believes he is beyond help. Have tried so many avenues of help and though he agrees to attend he always pulls out at the last minute saying they won’t help or sees someone once before saying they won’t help. Often says he wants to die to end the pain but whenever medical people ask him he says no. He rarely leaves the house and if he does he has major meltdowns in the process of getting ready. He struggles to decide what to wear or even eat never mind making any other decisions. He is on anti depressant that he wants to come off as he feels it isn’t working. Anytime they make any changes in medication or dosage he becomes extremely agitated, aggressive and has been taken by ambulance with police escort on several occasions to hospital where he has had to be sedated and each time they send him home a few hours later saying no beds available. A few times we have returned not even 24 hours later. My house is slowly being destroyed by him damaging things in anger. Things seem to build up over a week or so and then he explodes before things calm down for a few days. He is self medicating with marijuana as he feels this is the only thing that helps and says he wants medical marijuana but of course we can’t. I feel so alone. I have left several phone messages with his psychiatrist over the last 3 months and have not heard back from him. It is just me and him at home so of course everything is my fault according to him. I don’t know what to do now

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HI

I am so relieved to find this forum and to know Im not alone in this situation. My 38 year old son is living with me and he too has mental health issues. I feel so worn out and lost because I find I am not able to help him. The mental health experts are few and far because he too cannot leave the house. I live in a small country town and no one wants to visit him except one nurse who has come once so far.

He is also destroying the house in his anger rages and he also refuses help because he says it doesnt work.

Where does it leave us carers. Tired and unable to cope with the situation.

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very true @cruz , and welcome to the forum

@Kcjm, @Awareb4

I will tag you a few thread if you like and we have lots of carers here

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@Shaz51, Hi & thanks for thinking of me. Things are clam at the moment as his meds have kicked in. He is making plans again re his future but, he hasn't left the house for weeks. I am trying to get him doing things around the house which he seems happy to do. I never get too far ahead of myself with him as, it often changes. I hope your doing well. 🙂

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@cruz I hope your doing things for yourself to keep your strength up? It is a very difficult situation & no one seems to have the solutions. I took drastic action & called the police which wasn't productive but, helped get him onto his meds for the time being? Thinking of you & hugs.

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Okish today @Awareb4

so good to hear from you and I have found giving suggestions works sometimes , I find I suggest something to my husband who has MI and then I let him think about it and then sometimes he will do it

I find i can`t say too much all the time as he then shuts down and that is it for a while

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