My first time in one of these forums, rushed home from work, have plan printed but not able to read it yet. Jumped on computer and didn't know how to get in. THINK I'm in now and hope I'm doing this right. I'm the mother of a 29 year old severely ill son. Chronically psychotic since age 21, 6 months Thomas Embling Vic 2011 diagnosed schizophrenia (paranoid back then) ICE addict, now terrible junkie after languishing on a commmunity treatment order, in and out of acute psych wards at 3 different hospitals and last year finally made it to prison (police and magistrates know he's sick and bail him over and over but last year kept him) finally made it into secure hosipital December 2016 (fifth waiting list!!!!!) plan to FINALLY properly administer the only medicine that's proven to work on his delusions (in 2012 big mistake trying to do it in the community) only to have a tribunal hearing 5 weeks later, that I was able to attend despite him opposing it, where I very bravely spoke honestly to him and to the panel, that I feld heard me .. only to then get put back into the community on a community order .. this was devastating and I decided I had to give up, that there's nothing more I can do for him. Did I mention he has no insight and the only things in his mind are his delusions and getting ICE that he uses to enhance them. It's amaxing he is till alive. I am very, very angry about the shocking state of the mental health system. My sister is a voluntary patient, became ill in the last couple of years, spent times in psych ward last year, fear a diganosis is coming up, she believes she is sick but is currently being prepard for a what she's been told will be a painful family meeting, my son has absolutely no insight, believes he is not sick, injured 5 people when they tried to give him his first depot at TE in 2011. My sister knows she is sick, her delusions are about her being sick and the whole family being sick, so she is voluntarily connected .. I think the whole system for everyone is a mess, but my biggest interest is those with no insight who are only in the sytem in the first place if they have a family member like me who will advocate for them. Legislaiton changes Vic 2014 gave with one hand and took away with the other in respect to more rights for the patient and involve carers more, I've seem this fail spectacularly .. started with a Dr housekeeping May 2014 in preparation for it, cancelled his treatment order, which took him off the secure hospital waiting list he was on a the time after I beleive his firts meeting with him, failed to include his parents at all but in meeting with him Oct 2014 organised by mental health complaints commissioner officer referred to new legislation starting July 2014, that had to take into account patient rights and oh by the way yes carers involvment, said sorry he didn't contact us. He was out of control early 2015, and back in hospital and day he was discharged Dr said that Dr called and said he thought he needed to be in secu .. sigh .. around and around and around .. while he get's sicker and sicker and sicker. Sorry for long post.
