Families Anonymous

Thank you LM and Dramaqueen for you lovely supportive replies. Today he has been given 2 diagnosis’s paranoid schizophrenia and mental and behaviour disorder. He was sectioned twice just over 2 years ago, and I argued with the MH professionals at the time, urging them to ignore the drug induced MH w...

Today I feel like a terrible mother. I have posted on here about my son who has self medicated with drugs which affected our relationship to the point I didn’t want anything to do with him. I have had the lies, manipulations, accusations etc. I made a decision that if he seems ok I will try to suppo...

Thank you for your reply Poetry, like you as much as I want to block his mobile so he cannot call me, I can’t. I also late at night check his social media posts just to see he is ok. I ignore his abuse as in my job I work with young people who have lots of different issues for years. All my sons wer...

Hello LM Thinking of you at this time. I know exactly what you mean when you say your calls feel normal like it’s your son you are talking to. I have had this too recently, my son saying love you mum when we have spoken. For me it makes me feel really happy but terrified at the same time, like holdi...

Thank you so much for you lovely replies. Apologies for delay in replying. It’s been a tough time since I last posted. I’m shielding and working from home now as my doctor identified me as high risk. It’s so busy, working long hours and I’m exhausted after work so haven’t had time to get online. My ...

Hello Poetry Thank you for your reply, apologies for not replying to you sooner, I have been working long shift hours and exhausted when I get home. I cannot disagree with anything you have said and it’s brilliant that you have support from your family. Unfortunately I don’t have the support from my...

It’s been a long time since I last posted on here. I found it difficult to post and would always feel sad and upset when reading posts because there is so much pain and hurt with how our loved ones who are addicts put us through and will never fully have any insight or empathy to our experiences of ...

Hi Dd I know it feels like no one will understand how you feel or your pain, but try to stay strong and think about you. You deserve so much more than you have been given. Love cuts us in half when treated so harshly. Please remember, you are not alone, there are lots here who have felt how your fee...

Hello Gloria

Thank you for your message, your support is greatly appreciated. Being a mum is so hard as you cannot just give up worrying and caring

best wishes
Rough sea

Hello Bette

Thank you for your heart felt reply, it lifted my spirits and reminded me not to forget to expect the unexpected. I am trying to get to meetings but not always possible

Best wishes
Rough sea

On the build up to Christmas my son called to say he had overdosed and was about to take the final lethal dose, I put the phone down, and took off like a bat out of hell, I called 999, asked for police and ambulance, called his dad and told me to meet me at his room. It took me 25 minutes to get the...

Thank you LM66 for your lovely reply. What you wrote is so true Today has been really strange, I’m not sure if I’m dreaming. My son called me to,say he can’t go on like this anymore, he needs to be put on the right path and help. Not sure if he is ready to accept help or not, I will see how he is to...

Hi Hopeful Thank you so much for your reply, it really lifted my spirits. I had a sleepless night last night worrying about him. I sent him a few waste of time texts about nothing just to keep the communication lines open. Today he had phoned me three times, sounds ok, but I know that doesn not mean...

Its been another week of turmoil, more A&E attendance for my son, who was clearly psychotic and delusional, but the psychiatrist discharged him which meant he was back out on the streets. It breaks my heart, watching him destroy himself. Trying to have any type of conversation is so hard, one wr...

Thank you Gloria and LM66 for you heartfelt reply’s, which brought me to tears. The most frightening time was when he was last removed from home by the police under the mental capacity act and taken to A&E, at the time they stated his condition was life threatening, the police put him on a 136 s...