Survived 2nd hospitalization
Well, I can mark another item off my bucket list. I have now successfully survived my husband's 2nd hosptialization. This time he was in a psychotic state and it happened while we were out of town on vaction. God was watching over us and got us both the help we needed.
I know that my husband needs his medications, but after the last several years of trying to find a stable mix I'm starting to wonder if they aren't just as bad as not being medicated. Word of warning to anyone reading this, if your doctor prescribes Viibryd to your bp loved one watch for signs of increased moods (i.e. deeper depressions or higher mania). It was difficult to see what the medication was doing to my husband at first, but unfortunately it pushed him to a psychotic break before we could really understand it's effects. The extra B-vitamins he was taking might also have played a part.
It is hard to put the experience in to words. For as awful as it was, there was a lot of good that came out of it: 1) it happend in an area where we had close friends that provided us with help and support; 2) we got great medical help; 3) the episode did not last as long as it could have; 4) my husband never lost sight of who I was or that he could trust me even through he couldn't communicate that to me; 4) we know know what to do if something like this happens again when traveling; 5) we need to have a frank discussion with his local psych about reachability (his office didn't pass on the information about my husband for 5 days!!!!!).
This experience reminded me how much I love my husband. He is a fighter and I will fight along side of him against this disease until it relents. He is back to a basic set of meds (ones we understand well) for the moment and doing well. We take it one day at a time.
I know that my husband needs his medications, but after the last several years of trying to find a stable mix I'm starting to wonder if they aren't just as bad as not being medicated. Word of warning to anyone reading this, if your doctor prescribes Viibryd to your bp loved one watch for signs of increased moods (i.e. deeper depressions or higher mania). It was difficult to see what the medication was doing to my husband at first, but unfortunately it pushed him to a psychotic break before we could really understand it's effects. The extra B-vitamins he was taking might also have played a part.
It is hard to put the experience in to words. For as awful as it was, there was a lot of good that came out of it: 1) it happend in an area where we had close friends that provided us with help and support; 2) we got great medical help; 3) the episode did not last as long as it could have; 4) my husband never lost sight of who I was or that he could trust me even through he couldn't communicate that to me; 4) we know know what to do if something like this happens again when traveling; 5) we need to have a frank discussion with his local psych about reachability (his office didn't pass on the information about my husband for 5 days!!!!!).
This experience reminded me how much I love my husband. He is a fighter and I will fight along side of him against this disease until it relents. He is back to a basic set of meds (ones we understand well) for the moment and doing well. We take it one day at a time.
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