Posted by Kath on January 22, 2007, at 11:32:46
In reply to Son coming back to Ontario Sunday Jan 28th, posted by Kath on January 21, 2007, at 21:20:32
Thx Phillipa & Dinah,
My BIG challenge now is certainly to take care of myself.
I HAVE to try to be detached. I'm anxious right now & think that will be the case until I know that he's contacted the Canadian Mental Health Association to do the final 'contact' for a program called HOPE - Helping Overcome Psychosis Early. I sounds like the perfect program for him & I've spoken with the intake worker on the phone & have given her all the information/history, etc. All that remains is for my son to talk with her on the phone. Last nite I was stressing about it so I left a message on my son's hospital Social Worker's phone. I said I was anxious because nothing is in place in the way of support; monitoring of meds, etc & that I'm afraid my son will say he'll do it when he gets back here, because it would probably not happen!
I am feeling pretty fed-up & I guess worn-out & worn-down from all the years of trying to help my son.
It's sorta ironic, because all those years, he probably mostly didn't WANT help....and now that he does, I've sort of 'had it' with helping.
I guess the way I'm looking at it is that I've done this helping in setting up certain supports, etc. It's now up to him to accept them.
The problem is that as his Mom, I can't help but be affected big-time by all this.
Dinah, last nite on BabbleChat you asked if I was OK & I was doing OK last night (that was after I'd left the message for the social worker). I now realize that as the 28th gets closer, I'm probably going to feel more stressed. I guess I just have to know that & accept it!
Oh well. I have a therapy appointment tomorrow, so that's good.
:-) Kath
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