So my son was just diagnosed. He'll get an MRI soon. He's had a couple bouts of delusion which resolved after a few days, or a few weeks, but have gotten worse. It's similar to watching a dementia patient lose their connection to reality, but accelerated and in a healthy-looking very fit young man. Or maybe like the Flowers for Algernon story. It's a horrible sad thing to see a wonderful young man lose his sanity and start babbling incoherently.
Anyway, I'm torn up inside about it. And dealing with it. I'm asking for help from anons that might know good treatments, from MMS/chlorine dioxide, ivermectin, gut-brain connections, old pre-Rockefeller treatments, that sort of stuff. He's not vaxxed, early 20's, has been high-functioning autistic (never treated with drugs like ritalin/oxycontin) ever since infancy (mmr vaccine?), and otherwise healthy although he's had a cough and stomach issues with his recent weeks of spiralling out of mental control. In a way the diagnosis is a good thing, just because I know what to ask about and possibly get a path forward.
And asking for prayers: I've already seeded the heavens with mine, but more is better. I will be offline for a bit and may not respond quickly, but I'll read all the comments and follow all leads. Thanks, all.
I feel for you. My brother had a mental breakdown when my mom was dying more than 6 years ago. He was relatively normal, lifed weights, ate well, had friends he would bowl, go camping and ghost hunting with. Then all of sudden, he stopped hanging with his friends, started isolating himself from us, started talking to me about that star seed/children thing, meditating for HOURS, sometimes all day. Then he had his "breakdown", walking down the street butt ass naked in a self-induced LSD state (he only smoked weed and tobacco), he was hospitalized and they determined he had a "temporary psychosis". But he's only gotten worse every year since. Anger issues, threats of violence to us, talks to his "demons", delusional thoughts, OCD tendencies. Feels like we have to walk on egg shells with him sometimes and when I talk to him about his problems he shuts down and stops listening. He's been pretty calm for a few days now, but it's like a roller coaster, sometimes it's okay, sometimes it's not. And I go from feeling pity because I know he's suffering, but also feeling like he's just taking advantage of our family without giving back. 28 years old, no job, no collage, no goals towards life, no friends or girlfriend, just the computer and he imaginary "friends" and thoughts, no progression. He doesn't help around the house, stopped mowing the lawn and when he did he would break the mower (we've been through at least 2 so far, and the one we have doesn't work right because of him). He just eats the food we buy and sits on his ass. Unfortunately, his problems aren't just mental illness, he's lazy. We're trying to get him insurance to get him diagnosed, but it's hard when he doesn't have any income to claim. And I've told my dad that he's the one that has to sit my brother down and have a heart to heart with him, because when I talk to him about things he doesn't want to hear I'm "nagging".
Thanks. I'm the dad in this story. Trying to make sure his brothers don't write this story in a few years the same way you just did. Fortunately he's not lazy, but he needs direction and has trouble relating to people. But the degree of delusion is pretty much spot-on with what you described. It takes a toll.
My brother's the same, no direction and has trouble relating to others. Sometimes I think it's because he doesn't want to live this mundane life, doing a 9-to-5 and paying bills, so he plays Runescape (an online medieval game) to escape life. But his quality of life is lacking and it's sad. I hope you and your family find the answers and resources you need to help your son ❤️
Thanks, fren.
"We're trying to get him insurance to get him diagnosed, but it's hard when he doesn't have any income to claim."
You don't need income to get Medicaid. You can apply for Medicaid through your state health department or the next time he goes to the ER in a hospital, the billing department can process his application for Medicaid.
Yes, we're currently trying to get Medicaid. I just sent the documents they needed. Hopefully, he's accepted.
smoke pot?