Jorge46 said on 16 February 2012
For anyone who has come to this page for help and hope, please don't give up. Help is available from the NHS. My brother, a smart, 25 year old with a good family life and a fairly high profile city career, has just had his second psychotic episode, 2 years almost to the day from the first. This time round it seemed to happen very quickly and seemed much more violent than the first. We were all very scared and worried but with the help of the early intervention team, Dr's and the hospital we got him the help he needed and touch wood, fingers x'd he seems to be making a very good recovery. I was worried that leaving him in a strange place with strange people would make it worse but I think having some time alone, away from home and the stresses of life have helped. He's constantly being monitored and observed in the background. He's given the medication he needs, food and is generally well cared for. They tell me he will need to take medication now for the rest of his life but if that means I get my brother back then so be it. Two days ago he tried to explain to me how he felt, he said it was like being in a drunken state but 10,000x worse. He was hallucinating and voices in his head were telling him not to do certain things like drink water as it was alcohol and food as it was poison. After just one night of sleep, once the DR's and staff managed to calm him down, he was almost back to his normal self. As I said at the start, don't give up hope, help is at hand. And the more we can share the better we can understand.
