OT- Thoughts and prayers pls

IdaMae D.
on 4/27/10 8:01 am - Philadelphia, PA
Pam,
Positive thoughts and prays heading out to you, Brian, and your entire family.  Also sending you a big cyber hug (((())))
Ida & Gene

IdaMae

Lisa0719
on 4/27/10 9:26 am - PA
Pam,

Hope this is the bottom, so he can start to heal and get better.  Thinking of you and your family.

Lisa Mc

104 lbs lost now Maintenance BABY!!!! 

kgoeller
on 4/27/10 11:32 am - Doylestown, PA
Pam,

This is the first I've gotten to a computer since you texted me yesterday - been a hectic 24+ hours for both of us, eh?

Some things are easier articulated this way than in text messages.  But I'm very thankful that the cops *****sponded had appropriate training (and/or instincts) in dealing with a psychotic break.  All too often, that ends in "suicide by cop" or other horrible outcomes.  That they got him to the hospital is to be celebrated in itself. 

The MH workers should certainly be aware of and used to dealing with massive amounts of manipulation, as that's a key component in several illnesses and addictions.  Your family, his girlfriend, coworkers, and others, can provide the much more objective information that will help them get the more "true" picture.

I'm hoping that the hospital has worked out where he's going and that he's going in under involuntary so that he doesn't have an opportunity to game the system and get out until he's completely detoxed and his meds are appropriately adjusted.  That may give him enough stability to get ahead of things and into better control.

I also need to say - I know first-hand from dealing with Eddie and one of my other best friends who are both bipolar, many really nasty things can come out of their mouths that would truly appal them if they were aware of them.  After the firestorm of chemistry has died down, though, they have little if any memory of the events and the details of what they say or do.  The things that come out of their mouths do NOT represent their "real" thoughts or even the way their minds work on a normal chemical basis.  So although you have vivid memories of what they say and the way those things made you feel, the irony is that the person themselves DON'T remember and don't feel those things.  So the trust that is wounded on your side of it is really a one-sided thing.   It's hard, but try not to let those wounds fester and destroy your relationship with him.

If you want to talk you know how to reach me and you know that you CAN reach out to me at any time.  Big hugs to you and to Brian.  

Love,
karen
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