My Avian prescription works wonders for my anxiety.

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My avian flu away.

My brother had a psychotic episode for about 14 hours on Sunday. He's stable(ish) now and we're trying to get him to see his old doctor that he had during his last episode. We thought at first that it was manic bi-polar related but we're starting to think it was more of a separate mental breakdown psychosis that may actually be early onset paranoid schizophrenia. He had been told in the past that he may be susceptible to PS but only if he's under a lot of stress could it trigger a break. Well, it happened and I spent about six hours with him on Sunday doing a very particular word association game that he insisted would calm him down. Any deviation to his instructions got him very agitated and he would verbally lash out. It was exhausting.

He seems like he's about 85% back to normal. Little agitation here and there but nothing like Sunday. He was calling my mom "nurse" and if he saw us with our phone, he thought we were calling the cops and that he'd be sent to a psych ward. We really didn't want that but it got very close to happening.

We'll see how this week goes.

I love him so f*cking much. It kills me to see him like that. He was doing so well. No episodes for three years, stable job, his own health insurance. Hopefully he doesn't lose the job because of this. One day at a time I guess.

I'm sorry man, that's terrifying. You've been going through so much lately. I hope he keeps recovering

I just received some good news. He was able to get an appointment immediately with his old doctor, who we lost due to an insurance change, tomorrow morning at 9:30am. This is a great psychiatrist and I have a lot of faith in his ability to help. Ryan has also been a lot better throughout the day so it looks like the worst of it is over.

oh thank ****

I’m glad he can get to his to his old doctor Exo. I hope it makes a big difference for him and he can get in to recovery. It must have been so scary, I hope you are okay?

Glad to hear that Ryan is feeling a bit better today, Exo - and that he'll have a really good psychiatrist in his corner again as of tomorrow morning. I'm hoping things continue to stabilize and that life becomes a bit kinder to you and your family very soon. Thinking of all of you.

I'm struggling with other people's mental states. I'm a manager and got some very serious complaints about one of our employees who has a history with being kinda weird. I got told he'd been acting very intense / aggressive with some of his colleagues, so I call him to my office.

So the reason this guy gets so intense is he's big into conspiracy theories and every other alternative belief. I kinda wanted to pick his brain a little to see what was in there, so we talked for more than two hours about how the earth is flat, it's actually underneath this dome with water above it, 9/11 was staged, women are evil and the dying rays of the sun form a triangle with the horizon with all 60 degrees angles. 60 + 60 + 60 = 666 so the sun makes a sign of the devil.

We're all being lied to by the elite. I asked why would they mobilize all these countless resources into fooling us and the simple answer is they're in league with Satan.

So I told the guy he needs to be a little more careful in his interactions with his coworkers. He agreed to that and seemed fine with it. But my biggest concern is actually for his health. I'm pretty sure he suffers from deep set paranoid schizofrenia. His hygiene is pretty bad, I think because he believes chemicals in soap are put there to somehow mess him up. He's also very thin and I asked him about how he eats. He says he eats several eggs every day, so that at least sounds good, although he can't be getting that many calories in him.

I told him I think he should see his doctor and get a checkup. It's obvious something's going on and a doctor would see that. However,
that's not going to happen because people from the medical profession are just part of or under the control of this evil elite. He won't willingly go to a doctor. He has no family to speak of, so no real support network outside of work. He's fairly old and so will go off with a pension soon. If he doesn't receive any help before that, I feel like he's just going to sit alone at home and delve deeper into paranoid rabbit holes.

My own feeling is that he should be comitted to an institution so they can figure out a medication/treatment scheme that will help him, but I'm pretty sure I can't make that call and there's no family to talk to. So how can I help this guy?

I don't think you can unless you can somehow get a mental health professional involved. Obviously there is still some hope for him because he's able to talk to you (i.e. someone) so maybe a professional can help him as long as your employee doesn't know he's, well, a professional.

That's my take on it anyway.