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<blockquote data-quote="LauraH" data-source="post: 759489" data-attributes="member: 22877"><p>It's really bad now. He's in a hospital but doesn't know where he is. He thinks he's about to go to prison for something that supposedly happened four years ago (which I have my doubts because he was in a meth-induced psychotic delusional state at the time and if he did what he said he did it would not have taken the law four years to find and arrest him). He won't give the hospital staff permission to discuss his case with me so my hands are tied. I'm thinking of flying out to Chicago to see if there is anyone I can talk to about the chances of getting him involuntarily committed. somewhere for more than just a few days stabilization period. And I am extremely leery of flying right now because of COVID. If he does get arrested (which would likely be for trashing the boyfriend's apartment) I might even go to court (virtually or in person) to see if I or someone in Chicago could advocate for court-ordered mental health at a facility and/or as condition of probation. Sadly if he is charged this would be his first encounter with the law since he got off juvenile probation in 2008. I thought I had seen it all but much of this is new to me. And it's the first time he's been in a hospital or rehab where he did not give the staff consent to talk to me.</p><p></p><p>On a good note, I am in contact with the boyfriend and with my son's sponsor, who seems to genuinely care for my son, so I have contacts of support for him and myself that I did not have when he was in Chicago the last time. And we all speak together, the three of us, so we are all on the same page. Last night when we were talking, we realized that my son had told each of us completely different stories. He can't do that now and I don't think he likes that. He did the same thing as a kid. He would tell his therapist one thing, his juvenile probation officer something else, and me something else completely different. And then there's my husband. I broke down after I got off the phone with my son's sponsor and he just held me and let me cry it all out. I truly thank God for this man every day of my life with him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraH, post: 759489, member: 22877"] It's really bad now. He's in a hospital but doesn't know where he is. He thinks he's about to go to prison for something that supposedly happened four years ago (which I have my doubts because he was in a meth-induced psychotic delusional state at the time and if he did what he said he did it would not have taken the law four years to find and arrest him). He won't give the hospital staff permission to discuss his case with me so my hands are tied. I'm thinking of flying out to Chicago to see if there is anyone I can talk to about the chances of getting him involuntarily committed. somewhere for more than just a few days stabilization period. And I am extremely leery of flying right now because of COVID. If he does get arrested (which would likely be for trashing the boyfriend's apartment) I might even go to court (virtually or in person) to see if I or someone in Chicago could advocate for court-ordered mental health at a facility and/or as condition of probation. Sadly if he is charged this would be his first encounter with the law since he got off juvenile probation in 2008. I thought I had seen it all but much of this is new to me. And it's the first time he's been in a hospital or rehab where he did not give the staff consent to talk to me. On a good note, I am in contact with the boyfriend and with my son's sponsor, who seems to genuinely care for my son, so I have contacts of support for him and myself that I did not have when he was in Chicago the last time. And we all speak together, the three of us, so we are all on the same page. Last night when we were talking, we realized that my son had told each of us completely different stories. He can't do that now and I don't think he likes that. He did the same thing as a kid. He would tell his therapist one thing, his juvenile probation officer something else, and me something else completely different. And then there's my husband. I broke down after I got off the phone with my son's sponsor and he just held me and let me cry it all out. I truly thank God for this man every day of my life with him. [/QUOTE]
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