Well, this guy was perfectly fine and then one day had a psychotic break. The break happened in July and he was out the day after labor day. So, I stuck around for a brief while, trying to get him help.
Wisconsin is really high on patient's rights, and you can't get much help from the system if the patient doesn't want the help. When I took him to the county mental health shop the first time (when there were demons in the mirror in shrimp in the bathtub) they said - "unless he's a danger to himself or others, we can't do anything for you." When I left for work the morning after his "I have to kill someone" episode, I went straight to a friend's house and called the cops. I said, "Is this a big enough danger now?" You know what they did? They had someone from the county mental health place call him and tell him that he either had to come in for an appointment, or they'd send a squad car to bring him down. He went, and held it together enough to completely snow them. (I have no idea what he said, but they bought it.) And, he was released. I was told, he's not dangerous. *sigh* I wonder a lot about what happened to him. Nothing about him comes up on google. He called me years later and apologized and told me that he doesn't remember much of what happened. On 5/19/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deanna knows how to pick 'em! > > Seriously, though, congrats to you for getting him out of there. So > many people would "go with the flow" because they love someone, etc. > Then they end up as a statistic. > > I was one of those people - my GF right out of college was a violent > psycho. I stuck around cause I loved her. Next thing I knew, the cops > were getting called to our apartment once a week because the neghbors > thought I was beating her. Once the cops got there, they saw it was the > other way around. They even tried to contact me while she wasn't there > to try and "help me out of the situation". I finally left her - but it > wasn't pretty. Good times! > > Deanna Schneider wrote: > > My ex said to me - "why would I want to get 'better' - I've never felt > > better in my life?!?" in the middle of his manic episode that landed > > him out of my apartment. He stayed with friends and eventually moved > > back to his parents. But, he could have easily wound up homeless > > because he thought nothing was wrong. But, I sure as hell wasn't going > > to let him stay there when he was telling me he would just feel so > > much better if he could kill someone - like that security guard at the > > burnt out building. Yah, killing him would feel so great. Oh, and the > > devil said that if he slept in the same bed with me, he'd have to kill > > me, so he thought he'd just sleep on the floor over here. (Both > > incidents the same night, and the next day he was out.) > > > > > > > > On 5/17/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>Many of the homeless also have mental handicaps such as schizophrenia. > >>>If they refuse to take meds and don't have some supportive structure > >>>(friends, family), it's easy for them to fall between the cracks. > >> > >>yeah, the problem with a lot of those conditions is that the people > >>take the meds, get to feeling better, decide they don't need the meds, > >>and go downhill. Or they miss the highs of mania, which can be kind of > >>fun, it sounds like, except for the consequences.... > >> > >>Dana > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158155 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
