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‎26-05-2015 07:38 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:38 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
Before my 16 year old sons first psychotic episode he did have some strange new ideas, was talking a lot about them and showed more emotional engagement than usual. He started sleeping outside in the shed. Then came a notable delay before every response during conversation. Then he started flapping his arms and upper torso constantly, saying that Jesus was healing him. At this point I took him to a GP, saying we both suspected he was showing signs of schizophrenia. The GP said he seemed ok but that I better keep an eye on him. Then he started talking about Jesus to everyone he met, pulling grotesque faces, speaking nonsense in strange voices and throwing himself on the ground. Less than 48 hours after the visit to the GP he was taken to the Emergency Department of the hospital by family members. There he was medicated and stayed in the Psyche ward for over 2 weeks initially.
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‎26-05-2015 07:41 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
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‎26-05-2015 07:41 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:41 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
It's great to hear some advice coming through for your loved ones. @kenny66 the point about being gentle is a key one. And not just physically. I think there can sometimes be a tendency to argue back - challenge the delusion - when some empathy for the emotion behind it (fear, anger, shame etc) would actually be more helpful. It's like we try to verbally shake people back to our reality.
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‎26-05-2015 07:42 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:42 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Psychosis
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‎26-05-2015 07:42 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:42 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
Hi @Louise
Welcome to the discussion, and thanks for sharing your experience with your son.
It sounds like it was a pretty scary ordeal. Did your son remember any of it afterwards?
You've also brought up some stuff that I was hoping to discuss: support services and treatment.
Where should carers go and who should they call notice these symptoms?
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‎26-05-2015 07:44 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:44 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
If you sense a psychotic episode coming on, are there any strategies that are helpful in minimising it or averting it even?
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‎26-05-2015 07:44 PM - edited ‎26-05-2015 07:46 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:44 PM - edited ‎26-05-2015 07:46 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
Hi @Former-Member and @kenny66
You raise a really important point - what are some conversational strategies that people can use when their loved is experience psychosis?
Should carers go along with delusions, challenge it, ignore it?
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‎26-05-2015 07:44 PM
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‎26-05-2015 07:48 PM
‎26-05-2015 07:48 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis
@soul wrote:
If I'd known how to handle it, he might not have been in the situation he is in right now 😞
@soul There really is no way you could have forseen where this was going. Are you getting some support yourself to work through the what's happened and how it has impacted on you?
From your experience, and all the other wonderful Forum members sharing their experiences, do you have any thoughts for anyone starting to suspect a deeper problem with a loved one?