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Jessica Ferguson

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
243 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

We got on Zoom calls with him and his prescriber, and he was, you know, willing for us to have this be part of the conversation. Meanwhile, I'm also emailing the clinician because they're seeing him for 45 minutes on a Tuesday. And I'm seeing him all week. And so I'm emailing them and being like, just so you know, this is what we're seeing. We're still concerned. We don't think something's right.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

We got on Zoom calls with him and his prescriber, and he was, you know, willing for us to have this be part of the conversation. Meanwhile, I'm also emailing the clinician because they're seeing him for 45 minutes on a Tuesday. And I'm seeing him all week. And so I'm emailing them and being like, just so you know, this is what we're seeing. We're still concerned. We don't think something's right.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

We got on Zoom calls with him and his prescriber, and he was, you know, willing for us to have this be part of the conversation. Meanwhile, I'm also emailing the clinician because they're seeing him for 45 minutes on a Tuesday. And I'm seeing him all week. And so I'm emailing them and being like, just so you know, this is what we're seeing. We're still concerned. We don't think something's right.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And they were kind of like, okay, yeah, okay. And then it got to the point by March that he had determined, my brother had said, must have told the conditions, you can no longer speak to them. So then they were like, we hear you. But unfortunately, I am not able to speak to you about him any longer. So at that point, he kind of cut us off. And that's when it was steady decline down. So-

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And they were kind of like, okay, yeah, okay. And then it got to the point by March that he had determined, my brother had said, must have told the conditions, you can no longer speak to them. So then they were like, we hear you. But unfortunately, I am not able to speak to you about him any longer. So at that point, he kind of cut us off. And that's when it was steady decline down. So-

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And they were kind of like, okay, yeah, okay. And then it got to the point by March that he had determined, my brother had said, must have told the conditions, you can no longer speak to them. So then they were like, we hear you. But unfortunately, I am not able to speak to you about him any longer. So at that point, he kind of cut us off. And that's when it was steady decline down. So-

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

you know, March, I kind of like backed off. And my younger sister was saying, you know, he's annoyed at you being pestering and, you know, meddling. So I kind of backed off. I was like, all right, I'm going to give him some space. Like, and again, I'm not a medical mental health expert. I had no idea how to like handle this. I'm just trying to take my best guess at things.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

you know, March, I kind of like backed off. And my younger sister was saying, you know, he's annoyed at you being pestering and, you know, meddling. So I kind of backed off. I was like, all right, I'm going to give him some space. Like, and again, I'm not a medical mental health expert. I had no idea how to like handle this. I'm just trying to take my best guess at things.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

you know, March, I kind of like backed off. And my younger sister was saying, you know, he's annoyed at you being pestering and, you know, meddling. So I kind of backed off. I was like, all right, I'm going to give him some space. Like, and again, I'm not a medical mental health expert. I had no idea how to like handle this. I'm just trying to take my best guess at things.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I'm calling, we have a behavioral health fund. I'm calling them and they're telling me, oh, take him to this walk-in clinic. They can observe him. I'm like, I'm I don't think he's going to go for that. At this point, he's like turned off by anything that I have to say. Like I'm just a thorn in his side. I suggested to him as suspected. No. A friend of his suggested to him. No.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I'm calling, we have a behavioral health fund. I'm calling them and they're telling me, oh, take him to this walk-in clinic. They can observe him. I'm like, I'm I don't think he's going to go for that. At this point, he's like turned off by anything that I have to say. Like I'm just a thorn in his side. I suggested to him as suspected. No. A friend of his suggested to him. No.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I'm calling, we have a behavioral health fund. I'm calling them and they're telling me, oh, take him to this walk-in clinic. They can observe him. I'm like, I'm I don't think he's going to go for that. At this point, he's like turned off by anything that I have to say. Like I'm just a thorn in his side. I suggested to him as suspected. No. A friend of his suggested to him. No.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So he kind of just I would say by April, May, we're like just kind of like standing by being like somebody pick him up and take him to the hospital again. Like I don't know what else to do because it is hard to be like the one to pick up the phone and be like,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So he kind of just I would say by April, May, we're like just kind of like standing by being like somebody pick him up and take him to the hospital again. Like I don't know what else to do because it is hard to be like the one to pick up the phone and be like,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So he kind of just I would say by April, May, we're like just kind of like standing by being like somebody pick him up and take him to the hospital again. Like I don't know what else to do because it is hard to be like the one to pick up the phone and be like,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

take my brother to the hospital i mean you don't want to be the bad guy or anything like that at that point like also like i had no idea what a rogers guardianship was or what kind of options there were other than this 800 behavioral health line that i've heard about and this mobile crisis unit that i had already called once before and at this point they had told me that he needs to agree to it so i i'm like he's not gonna agree to it so why am i gonna bother calling them again

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

take my brother to the hospital i mean you don't want to be the bad guy or anything like that at that point like also like i had no idea what a rogers guardianship was or what kind of options there were other than this 800 behavioral health line that i've heard about and this mobile crisis unit that i had already called once before and at this point they had told me that he needs to agree to it so i i'm like he's not gonna agree to it so why am i gonna bother calling them again

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

take my brother to the hospital i mean you don't want to be the bad guy or anything like that at that point like also like i had no idea what a rogers guardianship was or what kind of options there were other than this 800 behavioral health line that i've heard about and this mobile crisis unit that i had already called once before and at this point they had told me that he needs to agree to it so i i'm like he's not gonna agree to it so why am i gonna bother calling them again

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So in May, the police ended up picking him up and taking him to the hospital on their own. I don't know exactly what happened, but there was some incident. We were like, oh, thank God. And it was kind of near Memorial Day weekend or so. He was there a little bit longer than just the three days. I think it had to do with like weekends don't count. And then you had a holiday in there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So in May, the police ended up picking him up and taking him to the hospital on their own. I don't know exactly what happened, but there was some incident. We were like, oh, thank God. And it was kind of near Memorial Day weekend or so. He was there a little bit longer than just the three days. I think it had to do with like weekends don't count. And then you had a holiday in there.