My husband is acting is strangely

@YesIdolovehim Yeah. They don't have enough beds to section anyone unless it's very major.
I was sectioned at one point to an orthopaedic trauma bed in a general hospital (that I was already occupying due to surgery) due to lack of MH beds. They just gave me an RMN 1-1 24 hrs a day. The system is on its knees. It's really sad.

Why are you posting on MN? He needs to see a doctor.

There are all sorts of possibilities besides a MH crisis... encephalitis, silent stroke, brain injury, tumours, seizures to name a few. Your posts don't give any context or say how long this has been going on for.

If this has come on suddenly then you need to go to A&E. He can't be left wandering outside. Your son might struggle but better he struggles for a night than potentially lose his dad.

Yes, a voluntary patient can be prevented from leaving by being sectioned but they wouldn’t be voluntary if they wanted to leave. That is exactly what happened to me.
Please don’t talk rubbish.

Can you try to gently get him back indoors and go to bed?

That's a really helpful response for this couple... A voluntary patient to a mental hospital can be prevented from leaving the hospital under a Section 5.

I'm not going to respond to your quotes any further, they're not helpful, or accurate.

Apologies, I'm new to this website and didn't realised I hadn't quoted...

A lot of people who are a danger to themselves do not even get sectioned these days.
I agree that it is worth going private if you can, although I’m not sure whether private hospitals like the Priory will take seriously mentally ill patients privately. IMO they refer to the NHS crisis team for assessment in those cases.

Nobody here - absolutely nobody - can diagnosis him.

It could be physical, it could be mental. But one thing his behaviour is not, is normal or safe. Start phoning people for help, or you may regret it.

That's a really helpful response for this couple... A voluntary patient to a mental hospital can be prevented from leaving the hospital under a Section 5.

I'm not going to respond to your quotes any further, they're not helpful, or accurate.

Has this been going on for some time OP or is it something that has just suddenly come on? Because if it’s something that has gradually been happening then I understand your reluctance to wait until the morning. But if this has built up in a day then I would say it’s an emergency.

He sounds like he's suffering from psychosis. He can present himself to the mental health team at hospital, but he won't definitely be sectioned.

That would only happen if he was a danger to himself or others or was refusing treatment. He seems to be willing to seek treatment which is good.

If you can afford it I'd strongly recommend going private, purely as the NHS MH treatment and service is inadequate and overstretched to the extreme.

I wish him well. I hope you've got some support as well as it's really difficult for you too I'm sure. X

Rubbish

@Deppcandouno with respect Call 111,they will tailor their response to yur husbands needs. its not but convienience.I know its hellish hard,but you are the "rational adult" .

Being sectioned voluntarily is an option, you can leave at any time, but you're poorly enough to be in hospital. In some cases it's a better choice than being treated at home.

Even when you're in hospital voluntarily, you can't just walk out. You have to be assessed once the medication starts to work and then after a week or so you can have a fob to let you out of the ward and then out of reception for a limited time as you get better...

You must act now. This could be one million things and all of them are worrying.
I hope it gets sorted.

You CANNOT have your husband wandering around outside.

he has asked you for help.

deal with it !!!

right now you are not keeping him safe...

It won't wait until morning, my H was like this, believed the tv was sending him secret messages through the newsreaders and adverts among many things. It escalated so quickly and he disappeared and ran off because he thought secret agents were after him. The police had to locate him and detain him for his safety, he got sectioned. Please don't wait, call an ambulance immediately

“voluntarily sectioned” doesn’t exist. If you would go into hospital voluntarily then you don’t need to be sectioned

Don't bother with 111 or your GP - seek help from the local CRISIS Team to have him assessed - it'll be quicker, it's a tough time of year and also this week is bisected by NYE and NY Day.

They'll have a 24hr number.

Often someone in crisis don't know they need help, especially with psychosis - don't hang about, it may get worse and you'll wish you sought help sooner.

If they suggest having him treated at home with medication because it's cheaper and he may recover quicker, I would suggest having him voluntarily sectioned for a short period. The things poorly people say and do cannot be unseen, as mild as it may be, witnessing the decline in a loved ones mental health can be a difficult path to traverse.

Everyone has mental health...

It does seem strange she asked for help but seems to be ignoring the advice. No one has said to leave it to the morning.

Wow, you are really letting him down right now

He needs a full physical check up to rule out any toxins, drugs, medical conditions. If there is nothing medically (physiologically) wrong with him, he will need further treatment, by the sounds of what you have posted.

Ring 111 option 2 for the MH crisis team.
They will decide whether he needs to be seen tonight and if so either come out to you or send an ambulance.
Do it now OP.

Please call an ambulance- this happened to our friend and actions were too late - he took his life. I'm not trying to scare you but this is so serious more than you may realise. Don't wait OP 🙏

OP you’ve been offered some very good and wise advice by others on here. It’s always to be better safe than sorry, I am coming from a medical opinion (apologies but I deal in cold hard facts).
Do you believe this has been building up to this or is it completely out of character?
Is he currently on any medication? and if so is there a chance he has ceased taking them?
Has he been feeling ill, fatigued or stress over the last week?
There could be a number of reasons but seriously I am advising you to not wait till the morning, do not ring 111, ring 999 asap.
No one is judging, don’t even think that, people just hold out without seeking help, especially at this time of the year.
Please make that call.

He needs urgent medical help, if he was having a heart attack you wouldn’t wait until morning and this has the potential to be just as serious. Get an Ambulance OP.