It really is difficult to get the help. He was signed off work for almost a year due to mental health issues a couple of years ago and took 7 months on a waiting list to get any sort of CBT. Only now that he’s has a suicide attempt are things happening more quickly – but even when we left the hospital it was all on us to call the gp and find out the local drugs services.
Oh yeah, this happens every time he’s on the benzo’s its like he goes psychotic. I’ve told him how he acts and how it makes me feel but he still takes them every now and then, like he forgets or maybe doesn’t think it’s that bad cos he can’t remember, but I remember everything.
Ive flushed his drugs before, but told him as I was doing it, didn’t like go behind his back. I wouldn’t do that again cos he’s addicted to opiates so he’s developed a physical dependancy on them not just mental.
The gp is now aware of his drug abuse so I’m hoping this will now make a difference with any medications they might give him and also any mental health diagnosis. The drugs services’ are arranging a chat with the clinicians to see what options there are for coming off the opiates e.g methadone.
Like you say it’s a step in the right direction so I’m holding out hope he’ll get clean soon and we can move on with our lives. I try to keep positive, but sometimes wonder if I’m enabling him. Do you ever feel like that?