Between a Rock And a Hard Place Posted: 06-01-07 10:09am
Hi! I have a problem which seems quite
complex to me. My brother has a long and
serious juvenile history which has caught
up with him. not a nice act at age 15,
stealing, moving with the wrong crowd,
drugs and hash. About 10 months ago after
a run in with the police, he got diagnosed
with schizzophrenia. Since he has been on
medication, things are nearly normal with
no juvenile behaviour at all, yet all the
people around us, especialy those with any
knowledge of the police in our country are
insisting that we send him abroad
permanantly otherwise the police will cook
up charges to put on him in order to
extract bribes from us which we cannot
afford at all. If this happens, it means
15 years behind bars for my brother. After
a lot of hard work, we have been able to
secure a work visa for him to work abroad
with our family friends yet we are nervous
about sending him. U see, he still hasnt
taken the responsibility for taking his
medicine seriously, we are afraid, what
hapens if he has a relapse! On top of
that, my mother found out today that he
still takes sleeping pills in very high
doses. We cant keep him in this country
for obvious reasons and we are afraid of
what might happen if we send him. Can
anyone give me advice about what we should
do? Should we send him or not?
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Spirit
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Canada
Posted: 06-02-07 07:12am
I would be nervous about that
too............family friends are okay but
nobody but nobody cares about him more
than his own family...........if at all
possible send him with another close
family member. In the meantime I suggest
that you get him used to taking his
meds............have him do all the
steps...........he gets the water, the
cup, takes out the pills and pops them
himself............and do it at precise
times every day, as needed.
I know nothing about the possible
corruption of the police/law in your
country...........and the threat may be
very real or a very slim
possiblity.............it may be a good
idea to just send him away to another
relative in the same country until your
sure it has blown over...........
......but in the meantime you can research
the support systems in his new found
country..................advocates in the
Pakistani community..............and also
advocates for schizophrenics/disabled
