I feel you, for sure. My daughter presented Bipolar I (with suicidal depression and psychosis) at age 14. She is almost 19 now. She was hospitalized 3 times before it made a difference. The difference was that it took awhile to get the right combination of drugs and that she never wanted to be hospitalized again.

This is very different, though. She was a minor, which gave us a legal of control. She is an adult now and if she ever needed intervention, it would be harder.

My advice is to be patient, help him find the right doctor. The right doctor is the one who can admit when his ideas didn't work and try new ideas...IMHO. My pdoc (same as my daughters) never gives up on me. It's a never ending process of wellness. It also helps to have others involved...I think. The hospital doc may try something that the regular pdoc didn't, etc.

My daughter was taking drugs and drinking a lot. You can't really get good treatment until those are cut out. My pdoc had me stop caffeine, nicotine, weed, and alcohol for more than a year until I leveled out.

Keep us updated. There is a lot of good experience around here. I really hope that he finds relief soon and that you do as well.

My daughter is doing SO WELL now, btw. What a wonderful, wise, happy person she is now.