my cousin....

[blu3wave]

My cousin suffers from hallucinations, and often imagines strange surreal things .... his family are considering sending him to a mental institution, but I was wondering is there a way he can maybe just snap out of it? I dont want him to go to an asylum and end up a nutter (what would people say? And they'd probably think all his relations are just like him), is there any way this could just be a temporary problem, ...due to say trauma, or stress etc etc??
What do you think? Plz help...

[perigra]

it sounds like your cousin is psychotic which can be caused by some trauma or most likely from drug use especially cannabis.
spychosis can also be a symptom of schizophrenia which can also be triggered by drug taking, trauma and stress to those who have a genetic predisposition.
this is most likely to happen to someone in their early 20's.
research has shown that the earlier someone is treated for psychosis, the better the outcome will be. it may possibly just be temorary reaction to stress or drug induced psychosis.
if your cousin could be persuaded to go and see his gp with family and ask to be refered to "early intervention in psychosis service" any treatment if needed could be given at home without any need to to into hospital.

[Chattabonk]

shanx

ur alter ego?


ffs



give it up

[cazzz1975]

phew!, I was just starting to read it as well then I noticed the name of the poster..

okay just another troll..

[perigra]

whats goin on chattabonk and cazzz?

is blu just some prat or somrthing? am i missing something?

[daffy654]

blu3wave is most definitely a prat,if you want to see the sort of things she writes go and have a look in Animals and Nature section and look for postings by her about her hamster called Dopey.

[hussy]

she is a b1tch and just looks for a reaction.

[perigra]

well her post is still probably relevant to mental health but this kind of attention seeking behaviour is associated with personality disorder.
in some ways this can be more damaging to an idividuals quality of living than psychosis etc.
it can be very difficult to treat as the individual will usually try and sabotage any help given to them thus leading to health professionals reluctance to be involved.
however it is a real condition and needs a great deal of patience when tackling someone with pd and disatending much of the attention seeking behaviour can be the best course.
because of the unpredictable behaviour of some people with pd the government tried to make it law to allow them to be held in secure hospitals before they had a chance to commit violent crime, however i'm not sure if this was successful.
maybe they could just limit it to locking them up before they post on answerbank!

[SizzleSquid]

the family cannot have somebody sectioned. Under the mental health act it takes two doctors, a social worker and a member of the family to have someone sectioned, and its only if they are a danger to themselves or others, or have totally lost reality, and then its only for a short while.
He needs to see his GP asap who can arrange an assessment with his local borough's Central Mental Health Team, who can then decide on treatment, which can be drugs, or therapy, or both. These symptoms can also be caused by epilepsy. Get him to a GP, before it goes further.