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Originally Posted by Otter63
I wouldn't say he's psychotic now although my hunch is that he does have delusional thinking that he keeps mostly to himself. He refuses to take any medication.
He isn't doing too bad overall, especially when he doesn't work. He is nice enough to family and helps out with chores sometimes. He can get agitated and angry when pushed.
He used to have many friends and now has virtually none. He spends most days in bed. If he is around more than a couple of people at a time, I can see he gets more and more agitated. He says he's not depressed, and I'm grateful for that.
I just want him to have the best life he can have.
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Yeah delusions are considered psychotic in and of themselves---you don't have to have hallucinations etc. so if he's still delusional that could really affect his personality. It's possible that meds might get him closer to his old personality but if he doesn't want to take them and isn't hurting anyone there isn't anything you can do about that. If you just want to attribute this to the illness I think that's reasonable but its not going to impact the outcome of the situation either way.