Everyday is just so hard!!!
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
Banks, Oregon
February 6, 2022 10:06pm CST
I feel like my patience is really starting to go, i am trying so hard to remain calm but i feel like the medication is not helping fast enough, and we still do not know a official diagnosis nor our we equipped to handle what to do or say, all we do is calm him down and try to refocus his attention but i don't know how much it really helps.
I know my mom is frustrated to as she cries at night and doesnt think i hear, but i know seeing my brother going through this is hard on all of us.
He is constantly saying the voices are real and they are going to hurt him, he begs us to protect him if they come and not to listen to anything they say.
I keep telling him they are not real they can not hurt you, now he is saying the doctor and counselor he saw are fake they must be listening to the voices and trying to get us to think he is crazy, we told him he is not crazy, that something happened to him that is causing him to hear these things, but they are not real and we are doing everything we can to help him.
He doesn't understand why we won't let him call the cops, i have told him as did the officer he spoke with if they is no physical entity there is not a lot they can do other then get the mental health team invovled.
I feel like crawling into a ball in the corner and crying, i feel absolutely helpless to help him, its starting to scare me though as he will flip out say i need to call the police now they said they were going to hurt me.
I am calling the Mental Health Facility we go for counseling tomorrow to see what they can reccomend as i feel like it's getting worse more then it is better...
this increased dosage has done nothing to calm him more...
Please continue to pray!
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@kareng (55609)
• United States
7 Feb 22
Has he had a mental evaluation done? My mother has ALZ with psychosis and she heard voices all the time. Sometimes it wasn't bad, but she insisted that someone was in the woods and was drowning in the pond. Call EMS. That one was bad, and she tried to walk down the road to town to get help. She wouldn't listen to me and I ended up having to call her dr. When trying to stop her she would swing at me. She did get medication to help with all that but it made her sleep a lot too.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
7 Feb 22
We had a zoom call with a doctor and they gave him the prescription for olanzapine medication, but as far as a actual medical diagnosis we have not been given one. I'm still jumping through hoops for his medical it's been over two weeks now and no update on it, i'm going to doo the round of calls again tomorrow too try to get things m oving and get help.
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@RebeccasFarm (86976)
• United States
7 Feb 22
It is a pity all the mental health facilities ( not that they were that humane) I mean the mental hospitals closed down. My niece, that has the same condition as your brother, had to go to jail instead of a facility as there are none left there where they are.
Can you imagine being in a jail cell and hallucinating and hearing voices?
Well that is what they did to her.
But she was becoming impossible for my sister to handle.
What a sad state of affairs..and they need to get on that medicine for Tim..that is what happened to my niece..her meds were not correct.
I feel for you Chris, I really do.
The diagnosis for my niece was schizophrenia.and there are many forms of that too.
The diagnosis for my niece was schizophrenia.and there are many forms of that too.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86976)
• United States
7 Feb 22
@chrissbergstrom It is too much of a burden, well several burdens you have Chris. Too much for any one person. I know you don't mind and are a giving soul, but really, you have to look out for yourself too or you won't be any good to anyone.
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
7 Feb 22
Yes it is very sad, and a very real realization so many of our people in jail and homeless are people just like my brother, only difference is they don't have the same support system or if they did they don't any longer due to frustration or lack of help to the families. I really want to help my brother but I also don't want to be 24/7 caregiver I deal with a lot of stress, I am already caregiver for my Grandmother whom is 83 she still has all her faculties but what if someday she doesn't.... I just hope the meds are figures out soon.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
7 Feb 22
Thanks Judy, i just hate to think that this could be how his life is now i want him to get better.
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@LindaOHio (158582)
• United States
7 Feb 22
Maybe they need to try a different med? Praying that an answer is found soon.
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@celticeagle (159936)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Feb 22
I hope it is the right medication. It can be difficult finding the right one and wait to see if it helps. But, it is worth the wait. The right medication makes all the difference. This is from someone who initially just wanted to stay on herbs and such.
I have a daughter who is bipolar and a grandson who has Schizo-affective Disorder depressive type. So we have gone through some medications and it took quite a while to find the right one for each. Sometimes there were very emotional effects and some anger and some sleeping around the clock. We have finally found the right medications for all three of us. Just have to be sure and take it each day. I sometimes forget.
