[midnight butterfly]

My 20yr old son went on a trip with his grandmother to Chicago and tripped out, total psychosis he has since gone to court and been admited involuntary to a hospital across the state from our home( only place they could get him a bed). He will not or cannot answer his phone calls. He was delusional going in but that has been almost 2wks now. This is his first time dealing with anything like this. I have BP1 and his uncle has schizophrenia and has been hospitalized for some time. As his mother what can I expect?? How do I help him during this process?? How long is a typical stay??

[Nammu]

I don't know the answers to your questions but I wanted to let you know you are not alone. The first time my daughter was hospitalized I worried too and she want voluntary. Most places now only keep people until they are barely stabilized.

[A18793715]

Originally Posted by midnight butterfly

My 20yr old son went on a trip with his grandmother to Chicago and tripped out, total psychosis he has since gone to court and been admited involuntary to a hospital across the state from our home( only place they could get him a bed). He will not or cannot answer his phone calls. He was delusional going in but that has been almost 2wks now. This is his first time dealing with anything like this. I have BP1 and his uncle has schizophrenia and has been hospitalized for some time. As his mother what can I expect?? How do I help him during this process?? How long is a typical stay??

I'm 24 and have schizoaffective disorder. I remembered when I was first hospitalized as an adult at 18. I was terrified because I wasn't thinking right because I talked myself into believing my paranoia to a core level. If that makes sense. In the chaos of my mind, there's nothing anyone could tell me to make me stop believing someone wasn't trying to kill me. I held onto the fear because it's the only thing that was.. Constant? Unyielding? Unlike everything else that was going on in my head like my voices (or as I describe them to doctors, it's like there's lots of tv's and radios on as if they were in the room.), depression, I was getting to a point where I was so exhausted by everything that I was getting suicidal. Everything else was flying around in my head. I still can't explain the physical sensation. It's like I was out of my body but only half way. When I was hospitalized, I wanted to leave because I felt trapped and cornered and basically "waited" for my "death" because that's what I firmly believed. It was like trying to tell me the sky isn't blue or grass isn't green. It felt like everyone was against me or in on it because no one believed me. My parents didn't handle it well at all. The best thing you can do is please stay calm for your sons sake. I imagine it's really hard. I don't know how many other people are like this, but the more my parents freaked out on me, the more I forced myself to hide it. That just caused multiple hospitalizations a year at that point. To have to hold in everything and stuck feeling terrified with not even your own parents on your side. Read up on his diagnosis. Post on the forums! Everyone is really nice here. I love my PC friends. My hospitalizations have been like.. 17 days, I think it is, was the top number. Just to go back not even a week later for basically the same amount of time. Talk about cabin fever. You can try to find support groups in your area. Just stay calm and supportive. Don't make judgements or tell him his thoughts are stupid or mean terms. Because to him, he might have a firm hold on that belief but that's so not how to handle it. That just makes it worse for me. What's even helped me the most is reading up on my disorder. It helps me see things I wouldn't normally catch, like irrational thought. He'll be okay. Hospital length depends on the hospital and which unit. If you're calling his cell phone, he's not allowed to have it. So that's why you're not getting anything back until they give him phone privileges. Depending on the hospital, ranks are based on time and some are based on progress. I don't know if you can do anything from this way, but have you tried calling the hospital to ask about anything? Did they give you a number for him?

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