I fully understand your frustration. I feel like giving up myself with ten years of dealing with my son’s psychosis and schizophrenia . But as parents we keep trying and hoping that our child will ‘return’ , and it never seems to happen. My son has just been out ic Clozapine and feel like this is the last resort and the last hope … I wish all these medications were fast acting … the waiting period for all these to be effective is exasperating to say the least …
May God give all caregivers the strength to carry on … at least the parents will have to reconcile to the fact that there will be no lasting freedom from these responsibilities till our last breath . … as they say - ‘Damn if you do and damn if you don’t “
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Thank you, just trying to stay hopeful and my heart goes out to all of us caregivers. It is a group we never wanted to join.
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I feel for you, there have been many times where I just wanted to throw in the towel, just to run away, but I have made a commitment to my husband and to God and I just cant turn my back on someone I love, I have considered divorce so many times that I have lost count, but it wouldn’t change a thing anyway, my husband is SZ and will need continuous care for the rest of his life, I just pray that God gives me the insight and strength to continue to love and care for my husband so he has a happy and good quality of living, I do wish there where more resources and help out there for people with this Mental Illness, support and care and being able to keep a stable environment for people like my husband are all key components to aid in there over-all quality of life. God bless every caretaker and anyone that has to deal with this difficult and destructive disease.
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I just found this forum yesterday. Thank the good Lord for it. I understand as I have been at this with a spouse for over 20 years. She is in the process of leaving now and I am feeling the same level of panic, anxiety, frustration, etc. I have been doing this so long I’m not sure I can make it anymore. It’s a great comfort to know that I am not alone out here. Reach out to me via DM any time. Best of luck to you!
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This forum is where people understand the pain and loneliness of caring for someone with severe mental illness. We have all wanted to quit when the psychosis grabbing our loved ones is sooooo bad. Some actually do quit. Some never will quit. The important thing is to find a way to buy your own self some peace and care.
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