Posted by Caper on July 9, 2004, at 18:45:57
In reply to Re: my experience with involuntary commitment » Caper, posted by katia on July 8, 2004, at 16:58:39
> Hi Caper,
> Thanks for such a lengthy and informative post. I am in Cal. so I passed this info along to his family. They can do what they want with it.
> BTW, he's just gotten worse...
> take care,
> katia
Hi katia,You're welcome for the info. I just re-read my post and I'm thinking "wow, I really rambled!" But every word was the truth and I hope it helped.
I'm about to ramble again a bit, because I know how hard it is to have to have someone committed (or try to). The guilt and doubt was bad for me, even though I knew deep down I was doing the right thing.
I'm so sorry to hear he's gotten worse. But there's HOPE, truly. In one of my hospitalizations there was a guy who just suddenly became paranoid and psychotic. He'd never had any previous psych history. But suddenly he wouldn't eat for fear of being poisoned, had delusions his family was wanting to kill him, that the army was coming to break him out of the hospital...I could go on and on. So his family had him TDO'd. The good news is that once he realized that taking his meds was the only way he'd get out of the hospital, he did. I think he thought he was just humoring everyone and that there was nothing wrong with him. But, wow, the rapid improvement in him was so awesome to observe. It amazed me.
I don't know how he's doing now of course, but just wanted to make the point that sometimes a TDO is the only option to help someone.
Let me know how it turns out if you feel like doing so. I'll be pulling for all of you involved in this.
Best wishes,
Caper
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