JaneyContributor
My son is struggling really hard...
Hi, I have been reading this forum for a long time and helped me so much....
But I don’t know what to do anymore so I thought I asked for help.
My son is early twenty now and discharged from hospital about a month ago. He was in hospital for 5 weeks. This is his second hospitalization. He had first hospitalization three years ago and diagnosed schizophrenia. He is on ITO and on monthly depo medication again.
I knew he was still delusional when he got discharged this time but his delusions is getting stronger last few days. He has been talking about the device implanted on his wrist when he broke his wrist at 15 years old. There is no such device in his wrist but he believes there is and the device is sending him weird thoughts. He didnt talk about it all the time but now and then he did. But recently he started talking about a lot and went to see the doctor to get the device out of his wrist. He told me he won’t say to the doctor “device” but he will tell that the little bone tips are annoying him. Off course doctor didn’t cut his wrist to get bone tips out as he wished. That was last week.
Then two days ago, I noticed there is scar on his wrist looks like skin got peeled. I asked him what happened. He said he took the device out by himself.
He spend all day sitting in a chair outside away from the house. I went to talk to him a few times but he told me to leave him alone in unfriendly way. He seems to digging the scar with his finger.... His mood seems to change a lot and recently became very sad, angry, very distant,,,, he refuses to go to counselling and running out of friends because he thinks they are against him...
When he got discharged, I felt he is not much deffirent from the time he got taken to hospital 5 weeks ago. Psych team and case manager told me that recovery takes time.. I took off from my work and came back to look after him in my house. After discharged he came back with me but went out to friends place a lot and stayed his father place for a while but recently came back to my place. His father said didn’t have fight with him but not good feeling between them.
I have a male adult who is renting a room. My son has been very fond of him but my son became unfriendly towards him for the first time last night. so he is isolating him totally.... not talking to me either....
i don’t know ant to do....
