Posted by Kath on January 8, 2007, at 15:26:39
In reply to Re: Love Conquers All, posted by lymom3 on January 5, 2007, at 15:53:34
Guess what? I just wanted to talk about 'hitting bottom' - getting so low that you are SO uncomfortable, that a person WANTS to change....
If your son can hit bottom NOW, believe me, it will be the best thing.
My son is now 22 & I think he's hitting bottom now - God - I hope this is bottom!
He's been psychotic for several weeks: hearing voices saying they'll hurt him or that he should hurt himself; being suicidal; being paranoid - sure that he & his GF are going to be hurt or killed. He's in a psych ward; receiving anti-psychotic meds; several crisises each day....He just phoned me not long ago (he's across Canada from me - I'm in Ontario, he's in BC) & said, "Mom; I don't think I'm gonna make it. I've ruined my life." I just tried to reassure him that he's only been on the meds for a little over a week & they need time to work.
I wish I'd been really hardcore as to sticking to what I said over the years with my son. My daughter used to always say that if he didn't 'hit bottom' then, it would be a harder bottom to hit later. And it IS!!!!!!!
I reassure him that he has to try to continue to wait for the meds to work. In actual fact, I am pretty freaked out. WILL they work? WILL he get better? I don't let on, of course, but I have no idea what's going to happen.
NOW I realize that letting him sleep on the street years ago would have been a Heck of a lot easier than what I'm experiencing now!!!!
Stick with it. Believe me, it's way better if he experiences whatever he needs to NOW with weed, than with cocaine & meth later (what my son had been doing, after moving across the country to try to get 'clean').
My heart goes out to you. As Scott said, your son will be OK. You'll be OK too.
hugs, Kath
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