Posted by Kath on January 8, 2007, at 18:45:03
In reply to Re: Drug-induced psychosis; anti-psychotic meds?, posted by Phillipa on January 8, 2007, at 17:23:41
Yeah Phillipa,
there are long-term drug treatment places but as far as I know you can't necessarily get in at a snap of the fingers.Right now, I suspect he'll be in the hospital for at least 2 more weeks. He's already been in for about 10 days & before that he was drug free for at least 4 days; probably 'way more.
He wants to come back to Ontario once he leaves hospital there. Apparently the psych ward is very geared to drug users as Vancouver is SOOOO bad in that way. So the doctor who I spoke with said that they'll give the patient a 1/2-hour pass to go out & see what cravings they have or basically how they do. Then they'll help them deal with it; give them a longer pass etc before letting them out to stay.
Right now, my son doesn't WANT out - in fact will ask to be put in the "quiet room" so they can lock it & he'll know nobody can hurt him. He's also saying that he never wants to do ANYthing again - even weed. THAT is HUGE!!!!!! Weed to him was like - hmmm - maybe AIR to most people!
Anyway, I know that once he's feeling better the addiction part will kick in, but he knows he needs to go to rehab for a LONG time to help him deal with that.
I've got an appointment tomorrow with the head of the psychology dept at the local hospital. She also does counselling, so I'm going to see her & ask her about resources, etc. As it happens, my son used to go to her years ago, when he was about 13.
Kath
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