[danielsmom]

My son has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a hospitalization
he was released and has refused meds he is delusional and does not realize that he has Bipolar disorder. My question is this, is there going to be a window when he comes out of psychosis when we can get him to go into treatment voluntarily
he has been in psychosis for 7 months and the hospital keeps releasing him, he has been in twice. I am desperate to help him. I am paying for insurance for him, he is 26 and living in another city, I really dont know what to do nest. It would be helpful to talk to someone that has had delusions like this and can telll me what to expect. He believes he is telepathic and is being monitored by airplanes. At times he thinks the government is after him. I am desperate
Thank you

[CopperStar]

It is possible that the psychotic episode will end on its own, and that he will have windows of clarity. That's how it was for me. I had similar delusions when I was at my worst, the paranoid type and I couldn't even hide how bad it was anymore.

Honestly if I had to guess, your son already has had windows of clarity in between episodes of psychosis, and already knows during those windows that something is wrong.

But accepting treatment isn't as simple as just realizing that something is wrong. Treatment can be terrifying, humiliating and infuriating all rolled into one, for several different reasons.

Frankly, I think it's a process that everyone goes through, as far as getting to the point of accepting treatment and help, for those of us who do. There is no way to really force someone through it, it just has to run its course, the person has to get to that point on their own.

The best you can do is to be loving and supportive in the ways that you can, while remembering that ultimately it's beyond your control and not your fault.