Hi I'm new to the forum, my wife suffers from mixed effective disorder, a type of bi-polar. She's just been admitted to hospital for the fourth time in seven months. I try really hard to manage and support her at home but recently her depression and suicidal thoughts have been worse than they've ever been. My wife took an overdose of her meds on Hogmanay, she was fine but I live in fear that if she feels really desperate she will do it again. When she came out last time things were OK, But slowly things get worse she becomes anxious for no particular reason, she talks about a 'loop' of thoughts that go on in her head, how she doesn't want to be here and then how she feels guilt for thinking this and being selfish when she should be happy. I constantly reassure her that her mood will lift and that we have so much to look forward too but this period of depression and low mood has went on for almost 7 months. I keep thinking that her psychiatrist just needs to alter her meds and that her anti depressant can't be working right but her psychiatrist is reluctant to change anything. I feel guilty when she has to go into hospital and feel like I'm failing her but feel the task of keeping her safe a massive burden I'm scared to leave her alone and am so stressed when I have to go to work.
Whilst this is going on I'm trying to support my son with his mental health, he's really unwell and at another hospital as both him and his mum can't be in the same hospital. He has schizo-effective disorder. He has been in and out of hospital over seven years now. He can't accept his condition, goes through periods where he won't take his meds. He then becomes psychotic and ends up back in hospital. I sometimes feel angry at him, for not taking his meds. His poor health is a trigger for my wife's mental health. I do all the visiting when it comes to our son and I try to minimise what's going on with him to protect her. I'd hate to think how it would impact on her if she knew some of the things he'd done.
I desperately want the psychiatrists to come up with a new plan or change of meds to help my wife but they keep saying that they don't want to change things. Everything in mental health seems to take so long. There's never support put in place when it should be and when your desperate, appointments with psychiatrists in a months time are just no good.
Whilst this is going on I'm trying to support my son with his mental health, he's really unwell and at another hospital as both him and his mum can't be in the same hospital. He has schizo-effective disorder. He has been in and out of hospital over seven years now. He can't accept his condition, goes through periods where he won't take his meds. He then becomes psychotic and ends up back in hospital. I sometimes feel angry at him, for not taking his meds. His poor health is a trigger for my wife's mental health. I do all the visiting when it comes to our son and I try to minimise what's going on with him to protect her. I'd hate to think how it would impact on her if she knew some of the things he'd done.
I desperately want the psychiatrists to come up with a new plan or change of meds to help my wife but they keep saying that they don't want to change things. Everything in mental health seems to take so long. There's never support put in place when it should be and when your desperate, appointments with psychiatrists in a months time are just no good.