July 19, 2004

A Major Relapse...

Today my son was admitted into a psych hospital.  He has had a total relapse into schizophrenia.  I thought something like this was in the wind but it's still a shock when it happens.   On Sunday night he and his friend went to see a late movie.  At 6 am I received a phone call from my son's friend saying that Dan was at a hospital.  I got there ASAP!  Dan was talking about all kinds of bizarre things.  He said that he had tried to kill ET a few years ago....but he wasn't able to.  Now we need to "notify the President of the US" to let him know that ET poses grave danger to all people.  My son wants to train with "Rocky Balboa" so he can take ET out.  He is also hallucinating many other things, people, hearing voices...etc.    Dan tells me that he quit taking a lot of his meds 4 months ago.  He stated that they made him sleep too many hours and he was tired of it.  He has hardly been taking any meds of late. This afternoon I counted 32 bottles of meds that I found hidden.  This is such a disappointment!  Dan was so close to getting his own apartment and a good job.  Now it is unlikely that any of that is possible.  Dan wants to go to a group home when he is discharged from the hospital.  He is afraid to return to my condo...too many memories of seeing horrific things.  

 
I feel heartbroken.

Posted by Kathy on July 19, 2004 12:25 PM