YES crazy changes in what is happening. hes a completely different person. the problem is getting him the help he is sooo stuck on maybe not accepting he is sick?? I have just removed myself from living at home. he becomes violent & his episodes are so unpredictable. he got picked up & sent to 51/50 & they let him go 72 hrs later?? which i completely dnt understand because he is clearly unstable. he speaks in riddles & just everything that comes out of his mouth is almost demonic. hes told many people he hates himself & doesnt want to be here anymore but the problem with being there for him is even if you tell him how much u love him for some reason he still thinks everyone is against him. he started breaking into cars / stealing / drugs / he talks about voices? with ur brother is he always so negative & depressed? how far along into is he? what do u do to be there for him? growing up i had no idea so we had a good relationship. really good he trusted me & now he hates me :'( idk what else to do! hes not on anything right now because its so brand new ..were trying to get him into places but he becomes combative & got kicked out

We were so fortunate my brother started loosing it and he started removing fencing around our property we live on a fam, because he said we are keeping the good out and the bad in, he would switch lights on and off, repack cupboards. This is a horrible disease I don't need to tell you that, but I have found educating myself on what it is exactly has helped me understand him better. When you hear voices all day telling you to do things and that peoplea are out to get you, you can only imgaine how difficult it must be to live like that.

What happened to us is we phoned a phyciatrist who prescribed risperdal for him over the phone and we put it in his coffee for about 2 weeks to just get him stable and rational, so he would be in a mental place to understand we were not trying to hurt him, but trying to help him. Once he had been on the meds for these 2 weeks he agreed to go and see the doctor who spoke to him in depth about his condition and prescirbed meds andhe has been on them ever since.

I really do understand your fruatration because my brother was unstable for a very very long time before we managed to find someone prepared to go out of her way to help him.

I live in South Africa an our mental health care is in a shiking condition, if he were ever admitted to a phyciatric hospital he would never ever be released again, I hope that where you stay it is better, and you should be able to find someone who can help.

wow! great advice, thank u so much. I tried last night to get him to go see a therapist that I know who is absolutely fabulous!! which praise GOD he has made an appt to see her this monday. I have explained to her everything before hand & so have a couple of my family members (which he doesnt know) so she is completely prepared before hand. Being an adult its hard to get him to do anything by himself so she has a plan to make him fell safe & try to get him to put himself in some kind of program! My mom would put the meds in his food as well...that didnt work but Ive never even heard of Risperdal maybe Ill look it up & see if the same thing u did for ur brother would work for mine! im sooo glad that ur brother is well & it makes me feel like there is hope :]

everyone I tried to talk to about this had the same answer: " there's nothing you can do"

i just wasnt satisfied with answer & uve given me hope by being one of those people who have accomplished overcoming this disease! uve put my mind at a bit of an ease I live in CA .. Los Angeles county so we have better options im assuming from what uve told me. God Bless u & ur family!

wish u guys the best of luck again thank u!!