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Suggest Ways To Deal With A Paranoid Schizophrenic
Posted on
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
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Question : I am feeling so low....so sad Dr Bishnoi..I don't know what the point is in emailing XXXXXXX in a week..he never responds...what is going to make it different this time? He doesn't love my son or me anymore or he would try to somehow get in contact with us..I am not sure what the point is to try to contact him or to do anything anymore..I just continue to lie in bed day after day after endless day my heart is broken and maybe it will fail for real...I am concerned about further decline in him to the point where he doesn't even know who we are anymore..he didn't even remember going to the therapist with me and was talking about killing giants in the middle east that were as big as skyscrapers..he is truly crazy and I am not even sure he is in there anymore..and I am concerned he could become or is suicidal.
Brief Answer:
Please don't loose your hope
Detailed Answer:
Hello I hope you are doing a little better
In our every conversations I always try to stress on one thing that he is suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and has developed delusions agains you and your son. This is the only reason for his actions like filing injunctions, not responding to XXXXXXX etc. He is not taking treatment and you couldn't contact him so we cant predict his course of illness. We are just waiting to see light at the end of a tunnel length of which is not predictable. This is the reason that I asked you to wait for some weeks hoping for his improvement. Don't loose hope and keep yourself motivated. Think positive about yourself and hope for good. In delusions he may become violent but from his history you have mentioned I don't think he could become suicidal.
The period of wait should be utilising in improving your mood. Try to think positive and don't loose hope. You are a believer of GOD and don't loose your faith. Try to improve your mood and you will feel better. Hope for good and talk to your son and daughter to come out of bad phase of your life.
Thanks
Please don't loose your hope
Detailed Answer:
Hello I hope you are doing a little better
In our every conversations I always try to stress on one thing that he is suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and has developed delusions agains you and your son. This is the only reason for his actions like filing injunctions, not responding to XXXXXXX etc. He is not taking treatment and you couldn't contact him so we cant predict his course of illness. We are just waiting to see light at the end of a tunnel length of which is not predictable. This is the reason that I asked you to wait for some weeks hoping for his improvement. Don't loose hope and keep yourself motivated. Think positive about yourself and hope for good. In delusions he may become violent but from his history you have mentioned I don't think he could become suicidal.
The period of wait should be utilising in improving your mood. Try to think positive and don't loose hope. You are a believer of GOD and don't loose your faith. Try to improve your mood and you will feel better. Hope for good and talk to your son and daughter to come out of bad phase of your life.
Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanks Dr Bishnoi...yeah my son said also that he thinks he is more likely to become violent and has been afraid at times that he could become violent towards us...more that than suicidal..he has a history of assaulting his former partner who cheated him and also he tore the door off the hinges and socked his ex wife in the eye for cheating on him but was never violent towards his ex wife or to me especially...
I am also struggling a lot with the dystonia and keep on gaining weight though I don't eat much...when I am depressed I don't eat but gain weight...a lot of weight..I am 5 feet 2 inches and now weigh 195 pounds..my adrenal glands are exhausted and I cannot walk due to poorly healed broken femur which is complicated by dystonia..
I am not sure why you think that emailing XXXXXXX will do any good...after this long it is doubtful he remembers me with any kind of caring anymore, right?
I am also struggling a lot with the dystonia and keep on gaining weight though I don't eat much...when I am depressed I don't eat but gain weight...a lot of weight..I am 5 feet 2 inches and now weigh 195 pounds..my adrenal glands are exhausted and I cannot walk due to poorly healed broken femur which is complicated by dystonia..
I am not sure why you think that emailing XXXXXXX will do any good...after this long it is doubtful he remembers me with any kind of caring anymore, right?
Brief Answer:
Continue to have faith in GOD and remain hopeful
Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking a follow up
From your questions I am finding a little improvement in your mood and motivation. He has violent tendencies and such behaviour is common in paranoid schizophrenia patients.
In my opinion emailing him should be an option because you in unconscious mind want to mail him, though at present you are not accepting. Email may result in change in his mood and ideas towards you. We have given him good time without any XXXXXXX from you, this may result in weakening of his delusions against you and your son. We are hoping for this only.
I would advise you to try to improve your health. Take treatment of dystonia from a good doctor. Recurrent weight gain despite poor appetite is due to depressive symptoms. Try to come out of depression. Start believing in yourself and continue to have faith in GOD. You will improve surely.
Thanks, please ask a follow up if you need more advise.
Continue to have faith in GOD and remain hopeful
Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking a follow up
From your questions I am finding a little improvement in your mood and motivation. He has violent tendencies and such behaviour is common in paranoid schizophrenia patients.
In my opinion emailing him should be an option because you in unconscious mind want to mail him, though at present you are not accepting. Email may result in change in his mood and ideas towards you. We have given him good time without any XXXXXXX from you, this may result in weakening of his delusions against you and your son. We are hoping for this only.
I would advise you to try to improve your health. Take treatment of dystonia from a good doctor. Recurrent weight gain despite poor appetite is due to depressive symptoms. Try to come out of depression. Start believing in yourself and continue to have faith in GOD. You will improve surely.
Thanks, please ask a follow up if you need more advise.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you Dr Bishnoi...I am sad and want to hear from him...he is actually a very very sweet man underneath all of the craziness..kind, loving wears his heart on his sleeve that is,doesn't hide any of his feelings from me or anyone...probably way too trusting of unscrupulous individuals and is easily taken advantage of..lost his identity many times...
I am hoping for at least a change in the pain from the dystonia so that I can walk again without so much pain...if I could see him I think that he would like that but we cannot do that because of the court...still I do wonder if he will ever contact me before August without us having to go see him at his store...he is so unpredictable...chased me out of his store yelling at me in February and then hugging me to death in May..what is that? Followed by filing an injunction after no contact for two months...the day of which at the hearing he came right over to where we were sitting instead of going over to his family and friend...almost like he wanted to see how I was doing after not seeing me for almost four months...such confused signals...anyway,,,am hoping for sleep and relief from the physical pain soon...
I am hoping for at least a change in the pain from the dystonia so that I can walk again without so much pain...if I could see him I think that he would like that but we cannot do that because of the court...still I do wonder if he will ever contact me before August without us having to go see him at his store...he is so unpredictable...chased me out of his store yelling at me in February and then hugging me to death in May..what is that? Followed by filing an injunction after no contact for two months...the day of which at the hearing he came right over to where we were sitting instead of going over to his family and friend...almost like he wanted to see how I was doing after not seeing me for almost four months...such confused signals...anyway,,,am hoping for sleep and relief from the physical pain soon...
Brief Answer:
He is having paranoid ideas and this is the reason for his behaviour
Detailed Answer:
Hello again
Yes personality of an individual get changed under influence of paranoid delusions. The change of his behaviour from very nice to filing an injunction was due to his psychotic episode. Try to accept his illness and keep one thing in mind that he is doing all this under influence of delusional ideas only.
Try to sleep properly and take help of a doctor for dystonia and pain. Improvement of mood and mental health will result in improvement of physical health.
Thanks, keep talking with your son and daughter this will help in improvement of mood.
He is having paranoid ideas and this is the reason for his behaviour
Detailed Answer:
Hello again
Yes personality of an individual get changed under influence of paranoid delusions. The change of his behaviour from very nice to filing an injunction was due to his psychotic episode. Try to accept his illness and keep one thing in mind that he is doing all this under influence of delusional ideas only.
Try to sleep properly and take help of a doctor for dystonia and pain. Improvement of mood and mental health will result in improvement of physical health.
Thanks, keep talking with your son and daughter this will help in improvement of mood.
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