[dxs2014]

hi... first timer here and a family member needs help but he won't accept any and says he's fine... everything is great...

here's a quick rundown...
- already diagnosed with bipolar disorder (not sure if it's 1 or 2)
- admitted to hospital last year due to incessant thoughts of suicide
- he's very wealthy
- has a thriving business as a physician
- has wonderful well-adjusted mature kids
- was on meds up until april of this year
- he decided to stop taking them cause he started feeling much better and he felt so sluggish on them... i think he was on lithium...
- he gets perhaps 3-5 hrs of sleep a nite
- wakes at 4-5am everyday and is super-productive
- makes major financial transactions in a heartbeat without thinking twice
- thinks multi-level marketing is the way of the future
- tells people openly he wants to be a billionaire and celebrity even though he is already a multi-millionaire
- has basically lost all her close friends and has burned almost every bridge he's crossed
- extremely extremely super irritable... he explodes on someone with such furor... during the last two years he's been exhibiting the worst possible human qualities i can think of... this is not him though... he's so sick...
- he's like a mousetrap... go anywhere near him and he'll snap back with great fury... only he'll auto-load within seconds...
- he will only have one-way conversations... he only wants to be heard and will only listen to you if you agree with him...
- he's a total hypocrite... bashing on someone for being so self-absorbed when he is way more so...
- he's really into anti-bullying but in the last year or so he's been the biggest bully i've ever met...
- he wants to do good and give to the community and charity but at the same time will not assist his much poorer family members...
- if anyone mentions that he needs help or should take meds he will erupt and start shouting and swearing...
- he doesn't care about consequences
- he is completely addicted to facebook and other social media (mostly facebook tho)... he is amassing thousands of friends and he thinks they're all his real friends...
- his poor wife wants to divorce him but is trying to stay together for the kids
- he's met with a few doctors before and he's yelled and cursed at them and saying they know nothing cause they want him to take meds

i'm so sorry this is so long... but our whole family has no idea what to do... he's like a speeding freight train with no brakes... won't accept any treatment whatsoever...

he might listen to some doctor if they're the best/well-known in the country... he'll tell them know nothing if he thinks they don't have a perfect pedigree... this will end badly i'm afraid... can anyone help?

[Mygrandjourney]

If he is still practicing as a physician and any of this is affecting his ability to safely and ethically practice and treat his patients, then you could contact the state licensing board.

[dxs2014]

hi...

thanks for the response... he is incredibly good at what he does and the staff at the office is monitoring the situation so there is no concern there...

i was hoping i could get some advice on how to get him back on meds... nobody wants to be around him yet he continues to go on facebook and amass friends and i think that's what keeps him alive, literally... he was so depressed when he thought he had no friends...

[Justugh]

next time he cracks and blows up at someone
record it ...........when he is calm show him if that does not do it

push until cracks and goes off deep end then call 911 and have him held on a 5051 repeat this several times and the court will order him to take the meds

as for his wife and all .........tell her take the kids and half his money leave the guy until he goes and gets some help

as a doctor he should know never better ........only feels ok stopping the pills all the bad comes back

[tipper1492]

WOW! This wasn't too long. My guess is he is his own worst enemy. Again guess if he found out you recorded him, he would explode, and might cut you out of a will. Just a thought. I do not think he would listen to anyone inside or outside the family until he hits bottom perhaps. Someone probably needs to know outside the family but who, and how to do it. Sounds so bad and I am sorry you all are involved. OH - forgot. I am watching Dr. Phil. Maybe, but perhaps he would refuse unless he knew he could loose something. What about his wife?

[Victoria'smom]

Ask him to take you to the ER. When they take you back for vitals tell them why you're really there.

[dxs2014]

any talk of bipolar or depression and there is serious backlash from him... he makes it impossible to support him in any way... we all have to constantly remind ourselves that he's very sick otherwise he'd be all alone with his just his facebook 'friends'... i'm afraid this is going to end very badly