Im sorry spaceflier we can not make a mental illness diagnosis for this person you posted about. only a treatment provider off the computer and in this persons location can do that. basically we are all just mentally ill people sharing a bit of our lives with each other. even though some of us may be treatment providers the rules of this site does not allow those of us who are to do online diagnosis, and online treatment. it can be a very dangerous thing. let me give you an example...

occular migraines if you googled this you will find there are millions upon millions of mental, physical problems that share this symptom...now say for example someone here said this persons diagnosis is depression but the problem turned out to be cancer. or vice versa either way the treatment options are different and both may be wrong because this one symptom points to many different diagnosis's. we could actually be doing this person more harm then good by attempting to make an online diagnosis. who knows maybe for this person its normal and for others it isnt. only a treatment provider with face to face contact with this person can make a diagnosis and treat them.

my suggestion dont worry about trying to diagnose someone else. leave the diagnosing up to that persons treatment providers ie their medical doctor or their therapist or their psychiatrist.

thats not saying you have no control... you do, you have control over whether you want to be a part of this persons life or not,you have control over you. you can let this person know you are worried about them, you can print off your post and give it to this person to read or not, unless you are this persons court appointed guardian theres nothing else you can do about this person. making guesses and trying to self diagnose this person rather than letting this persons own treatment providers continue to handle this persons mental and physical well being will only end up making your own life more difficult for you. suggestion focus on you, your problems and leave the diagnosing up to the professionals in this persons life.