AlexPCasual Contributor
Not sure what else I can do!
Okay so my husband had a really rough childhood but throughout that, between the ages of 12 and 18 he got diagnoses's of Autism, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia. For whatever reason, he wasn't given any meds until he got sent to the mental ward where they dosed him up for 3 months (although they only put on the records he was there for 2 weeks), gave him 2 more diagnosis's of Adjustment Disorder and Mood Disorder and then sent him out into homelessness without his meds (this was all before I met him).
Anyway, this has given him a warped view of meds that he's only getting through now because his mental health has gotten so bad.
He's unmedicated, has almost constant mild hallucinations, has a breakdown every other day, can often not even handle deciding what he wants for lunch without getting stressed, and so much more it's! It's killing me watching him go through this when he very clearly should be getting medication.
We have gone to GP after GP for 3 years now begging them for help and the most recent one FINALLY got us a referral to the local mental ward psychiatrist who met him for 20 minutes (in which I had to talk for him for basically the entire time because he wasn't dealing and even then he had a breakdown at the end) and got mad at my husband when he had a breakdown?!? then put in his official file that he 'doesn't believe he has schizophrenia' even though I told him in depth about all the auditory, physical, and visual hallucinations he's getting and the fact that my husband was rocking back and forth for most of the appointment.
We got a call from the original GP who referred us today and she told us that because of what he's put down, there's nothing she can do for us without us having to pay $200/session for a private specialist which we just don't have the money for (he's on disability and I'm his carer).
I just had to hold him while he cried his eyes out and had another breakdown once the call was over. My heart is breaking. I don't know what to do. Please. If anyone has ANY advice for us, he's exhausted he doesn't want to see GPs any more and I don't blame him.
We just want to get him medicated but because we're young and poor and he's got a lot of mental illnesses I guess no one cares. I don't know. I'm worried if we can't get help for him soon that he'll give into the auditory hallucinations that tell him to off himself.
Sorry this was so long but I'm just so desperate for help
