Hi, everyone. Just watched my hawks get killed by the Bears. Ick. Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on my son.
He spent from Fri- Tues in jail, he was moved into the psychiatric part of the jail on Sunday. The mental health people did a review before he was released to see if he should be moved to a hospital for a 72 hour hold. They decided he was not dangerous, nor a danger to others at that point, therefore they could not hold him and I picked him up at 7pm Tuesday night.
When I picked him up he told me they had not given his meds while he was in and he wanted to try and get off of them. He was more coherent (noticing the car ride, where he was at, etc.). My hubby and I have been concerned about the level of medicine for awhile (25 mg of zyrexa is at the highest allowed level). I talked to several people who said that he probably did not get his meds in jail and I did a pill count that backed up that unless the jail supplied there own, he did not get his meds. We decided to let him continue to not take his meds.
I talked to his counselor, who for awhile has been sure he has either been misdiagnosed or on the wrong drugs. Zyprexa is a heavy duty antipsychotic. We are now 9 days past drugs and he is changing by the day. Lots of side effects from withdrawing- headaches, stomachaches and some insomnia. He says he feels like his inside is getting beat up.
But-
He is hardly talking to himself- he is having REAL conversations for the first time in years- he is not constantly mean- he is hardly smoking- he is slowly improving each day and I see my son slowly emerging from a psychotic cloudy rage he has been in for what seems like forever.
I am afraid to get to excited- but maybe? Can a high dosage of an antipsychotic cause psychotic behavior if it is the wrong drug? He has been on it since he was 16.