GF has mental health issues and I don't know how to help

[DirectionUncertain]

1 hour ago, d0nnivain said:

Take her to an emergency room if hospitals in your area are not overwhelmed with Covid people.  Call 9-11.  Let the police take her to an ER.  Tell her therapist that she had this episode.  Make sure every doctor knows about the weed, the acid & the ketamine.  

thank you   I see there are no answers because well, there is no help available. 
 

I thought maybe someone would know of something.  NAMI didn’t know of anything either. 

That emergency services stuff  doesn’t work, unfortunately.  They don’t do anything.  We’ve done that a few times already. She was involuntary committed even and they do nothing except put her in a very scary place with sexual assaults going on, people smashing windows and drug addicts. 

After a week there... nothing. They just send her in her way.  No actual help.  

I think she talks to the therapist about all the things she’s tried. Weed, acid and ketamine actually worked. The traditional prescription drugs (she’s tried them all) did not.  

I guess I have no choice but to work though her current psychotherapy place to try to get help.   
 

Thank you

[Wiseman2]

7 hours ago, DirectionUncertain said:

I’m currently paying $340 a month for her weekly therapy sessions which are not helping  She’s tried all the drugs.  The only things that have helped her are weed and acid and a little ketamine helped for a second  

Weed:  I spend more on this than therapy for her   Like $400/mo.  It’s the only thing she can use to quiet down the playback of her trauma as necessary, then not use when she’s having an ok moment  

Acid:  did wonders.  She felt good for 3 weeks after each time.  She doesn’t want to do it  odd part is, she never experienced all the stuff most people do. No hallucinations.  No otherworldly experiences   It just worked medicinally on her head for the most part  

Ketamine:  this was an IV.  They gave it to her and she felt good the first session.  It wore off 3 hours later and back to trauma   Then it never worked again for her  

Being her drug pusher is not helping her. Sorry. The amount of trauma and possibly psychotic episodes are for trained psychiatrists and inpatients help.

[DirectionUncertain]

3 hours ago, Wiseman2 said:

Being her drug pusher is not helping her. Sorry. The amount of trauma and possibly psychotic episodes are for trained psychiatrists and inpatients help.

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Yes, I'm looking for inpatient.  She already has a psychotherapist.  And they used ketamine. Drugs DO help her. 

For the record, her and I are both anti drug.  Me more than her. However, she’d be long gone by now if she didn’t use these drugs medicinally to quiet her daily trauma replay.  She already took all the drugs from the psychiatrist.  No positive results from them.  

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[Lotsgoingon]

You are in denial. You cannot "help" her. You can encourage her. That's about it.

Where is her family? They need to step up.

[ ] Unfortunately, you'll end up suffering a huge amount as you continue to be in denial. And you'll accomplish absolutely, totally zippo nothing as far as helping her. 

Why don't you have a focus on  your own life?

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[glows]

8 hours ago, DirectionUncertain said:

try to get help.   

I'm sorry you're both going through this. She sounds like she is in a lot of pain. I would keep trying to for professional help and avoid self-help, diagnosis or getting too involved medically. She needs professionals to assist.