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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots
What's his stance on treatment and different modalities as a whole? Is he like my dad who "cures his schizoaffective with a plant" instead of "swallows a pill that makes me need another and another and will make me feel like a zombie to reward the most corrupt men"? person, or more of a free spirit "yeah, I just prefer this, I don't look down on prescribed meds."
Are you able to keep contact with him or support him without triggering yourself right now?
I've never really been around people able to handle another manic person/me when I'm manic (unless you count 5% of the doctors I've seen), so take it easy on yourself if you just need to say "hey, I'm noticing you're acting different, and I'm a little scared. If you want help in finding some help or just having chit chat to calm down, I'm here, but I have to take care of me too. Hope to talk to you later, take care." (as an example)
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He thinks psych meds are bad, always has, and he also thinks that weed is the solution to everything so he pretty much is anti psych meds in general. He was on them once when he was discharged from the army but he never got back on them. Then he started using LSD really really heavily and also used meth a couple times. Now he just uses weed.
You make good points. I did mention that he’s acting a little different and he said that people are playing mind games with him so I took a step back so I can not stress myself out. Anything I say is met with paranoid delusions about people messing with him. I know there’s no rationalizing with psychosis I’ve been there myself before. I will be here as a friend and talk to him but I will try to give myself some space to because it does get overwhelming when he calls and talks for hours about this stuff
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type