My son (29) who now lives in high support accommodation is threatening and abusive on the phone. His social worker who was his only consistent point of contact has had to transfer him to a general team. The community mental health team are not supporting him sufficiently. Despite the fact that he no longer lives with me and day to day life is better I feel like I am living on a precipice and can’t cope any more. he has taken himself off medication and I don’t know what to do
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@MrsExhausted25 ,welcome to the fourm, I am sorry to hear this. If the mental health team is not doing anything, my suggestion to you is go and speak to the poilce. I know people don’t like going to them as it could end in a mix result . Go and speak to them, explain the situatuion and say that you are worried he might do something to you or others and that mental health are not looking after him. They should do something if not phone up the council and ask either to social service or ask for the safe guarding team and tell them. Don’t be a afraid to speak out that your son needs help all the best. I have had to do it my self when my mum been ill and no one will help. keep us update, we will try to help.
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@MrsExhausted25
Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately local teams are very stretched, I agree with Michael, start ringing mental health/ social care/ his GP etc to raise your concerns. I realise this will take time and effort when you are worn out.
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Maybe try reaching out to his new care team again and let them know how bad things have gotten
Hi I’m new to the forum and am currently caring for my 26 yr old son who has catatonic paranoid schizophrenia, he has just been discharged from hospital after a 5 mth stay to sort out meds as he was refusing to take them and his psychosis was becoming impossible, has your son had any hospital admissions?
That sounds like an Unsafe Discharge!?
Did they assess your ability to care?!
Have you thought about pushing for more direct support or maybe looking into other options? I know it’s hard, but you shouldn’t have to deal with it all on your own.
I’m sorry to hear of your troubles, my heart goes out to you. My son suffers from schizophrenia, and refuses to take medication. His mental health team, I’m sure we’re not taking my concerns about his abusive behaviour and aggression with me seriously, so I recorded a voice memo and sent it to them in an email. This then forced them to do a safeguard, police wanted me to have him arrested, but I refused, it has forced the mental health team to step up his therapy sessions, but still he has not being sectioned. It’s just a constant battle, over the last eight years, paperwork has been drawn up twice to have him sectioned, but AMP refused, there have been many mental health assessments, none of which I have requested, and nothing seems to happen.
I now suffer from anxiety. Mental health trusts just don’t seem to get the serious ramifications of not treating there patients correctly, and just end up with families becoming mentally unwell themselves!.