Posted by bleauberry on May 4, 2008, at 14:57:40
In reply to dealing with someone who is Schizophrenic HELP!, posted by ultra on May 4, 2008, at 1:23:15
It's a tough situation because until someone is willing to accept help, there is nothing anyone else can do. In the meantime the one really being hurt is you. He does not realize how his choices to refuse treatment impact the lives of others that love him. He doesn't realize he is not the only one dealing with it, that it affects others deeply as well. And it doesn't need to. It's kind of selfish.
Counseling, any kind of counseling, and medications could help smooth out or totally eliminate the abnormal behavior changes. Even without counseling, something like 5mg to 20mg Zyprexa would probably help his life a great deal and at the same time the lives of everyone in his life. It is so common for the mentally ill to think it is just them suffering, it's all about them, but it isn't. Everyone suffers.
Too bad he wouldn't agree to take a small white pill once a day. It has the potential to change a lot for the better.
I feel for you and I wish the very best for you.
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