dh has gone AWOL

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i've just had to report my husband missing. NOT a nice thing to do - I feel like a betrayer.

but he's lost somewhere and nobody knows where - somewhere between the south and the east midlands. he's driving, and very confused.

i wish he could be well.

Does your dh suffer from mental health problems, sorry I haven't seen your other posts, so presume thats why you have put it in health

yes

have posted in relationships before, but i guess i'm now thinking of this as a health problem rather than a relationship problem

also i've changed my name as i thought perhaps he might be reading my stuff

anyway he came off meds about 3 weeks ago, things have been v weird, and now he's missing.

it could be a sort of blessing though, if there's a crisis and he has to be sectioned, horrible though that will be.

can't tell you how comforting it is to have the police looking for him

Just wanted to add a word of support. Must be awful for you waiting to hear where he is. Don't feel guilty about reporting him missing and getting extra help in. You would have felt far worse if you hadn't done anything.

We all need looking after from time to time. Here's hoping your dh (and you) get all of the help and support that you need right now.

I think I can guess who you are

I hope you are reunited soon

I got up at 2.30am this morning to work and dp was worried I was going to make myself ill

thinking of you

xxx

any mumsnetters in Macclesfield? he's probably
somewhere near you

Stranger, when you see me
Looking at you, through you
When you see me smile, and smile, and laugh
And laugh again, you know
don't you, you know
There is something wrong
The hairs on your neck are telling you
There is something wrong

I can hear your thoughts
I know you can hear mine
So there is no need for me to explain
that I can hear your thoughts.

I can see you knowing
that there is something wrong.
The doctors will all tell you
There is something wrong.

I swallowed what they gave me
My pills were my profession.
I worked, loved, lived, wept
Wrapped in a veil. I slept

All night, two nights, two days
Woke all night, twitched;
saw grey, saw red. I wanted to wake.
I wanted to sleep and wake.

My thoughts are running ahead of me.
The dawn is beautiful. My dreams are calm.
The doctors will all tell you
There is something wrong.

The dawn may be too lovely to survive.

1.12.2006

have you heard anything yet?

No - see other thread in Health.

thanks zippi

We deal with lots and lots of cases like this at work and the missing person has always been found. That doesn't help you but just to let you know this type of scenario is common for those that have stopped meds and have mh probs. It sucks for you though. Even when people are ill they will sometimes surprise you with their resources so keep positive (or try to).

GOOD LUCK XX

hi, my dh went missing for 6 weeks twice last year and for a week last month.

he kept sporadic touch on text so police wouldn't report him as missing.

i really hope that you get some news soon. i know how hard this is when they just vanish.

it took my dh a while to get in touch the first time.

after the last episode he has turned up at his parents' but refuses to speak to me altho he says it's not me that is the problem.

anyways, CAT me if you want to talk.

wishing all the very best for some good news soon.