In September 2019, things were really bad. He was on the verge of incarceration or suicide, and we felt he needed to go back to the hospital to get help. We anguished and struggled to find a solution. He was thrown out of bars for not paying his bill, and he acquired a couple of larceny charges. He was still living at home, and began stealing money from us to get alcohol. In February 2019, he decided to stop taking his medication again, and things quickly spiraled downward. At that time, he was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Jason was stable and, while he really could not work, he volunteered at the food pantry and was seeing a private psychologist weekly. This led to another failed IOP, but he started a medication routine that lasted about 2 years. Fortunately, before he was to be taken to the State mental hospital in Middletown, he agreed to take meds and came home again, a third time. He refused to take meds in the hospital which led to a very traumatic forced injection. This led to more depression, and eventually a 30-day hospitalization at Bristol Hospital. Without the medications and therapy, he crashed and burned, and we brought him home a second time. We found him the perfect place close to family, in a great location and with plenty of things to do. At the end of February, he convinced the staff that he could do it on his own, and that we were returning to work and felt he would be fine living in his own apartment with no roommates. After being discharged to our home, he stopped taking meds again, but agreed to stay in the IOP in Hartford for another 3 weeks. Finally, the last week of January, he was hospitalized for a week at another hospital and placed on medication. That was when I knew this was a much bigger issue than what just a few weeks of rehab or IOP could handle. Eventually, we were able to coax him back into the house. I will never forget 2 weeks into the program, when he ran out into the cold winter night, jumped our fence and started to run into the woods. The psychosis worsened because he refused to take medication. That took its toll on him and he dropped out of the program. The IOP was helpful but required long drives to Hartford 3 times a week for 3 hours a day. Finally, our prayers were answered when he was accepted into an intensive outpatient program (IOP) in Hartford on January 3, 2016. We tried to get him into a rehab program, but everything was on hold for the holidays. The ER would not admit him because he “was not a threat to himself or others.” So, they sent him home with Ativan. After a few trips to the ER, we thought it would pass. At first, we chalked it up to the aftermath of drug-induced psychosis, and alcohol and drug withdrawal. He was afraid people were going to harm him. He thought a chip was planted in his brain by aliens. Jason thought the FBI had cars watching him from the driveway. He was released home into our care, and this is when our journey began.Īfter he came home, the severe psychosis began. Emergency responders brought him to a hospital. While en route, he started to hallucinate, so he pulled over to a rest area and called 911. It started around Christmas in 2015 when Jason was on his way from New Jersey to visit friends in Vermont. Over time, it got out of hand and he hit rock bottom. We suspect that the stress and the drug use could have contributed to triggering the start of his mental health issues, but we cannot say for sure. He started abusing Adderall to stay awake, and drinking heavily and using other drugs to compensate. The pressure of keeping up with a new job as well as new roommates in a strange town started to take its toll. Jason was working in a high stress job in New Jersey. Jason graduated from college with a degree in Mobile Forensics – a normal, great kid.Ībout a year and a half after college, things went sideways. As a young Boy Scout, he helped provide first aid to a stranger at a rest stop who experienced a heart attack. He won art awards and helped us to raise 3 guide dog puppies for the blind. As a child he never had any issues with teachers or peers, was well liked, played piano and trumpet, and was in marching and jazz bands. Housing Development & Property Management.Continuum Recovery and Employment Support Services.In-Home Support for Autism & Developmental Disabilities.Extended Living Programs & Housing First.Nursing Home Discharge & Diversion Services.Crisis Stabilization & Respite Services.
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