My mom’s best friend has a boyfriend, and they’ve helped me a lot my whole life concerning my illness and other issues. So her boyfriend has a son, that has bipolar with psychotic features, and he’s now hospitalized strapped to a bed for a week now, forbidden to have visitors.
He isolated himself since his diagnosis on a small town in the south of Portugal, his friends are simple country people that try to help him stay on medication, but he has a very serious problem with that, once he’s stable he quits his meds and spirals out of control. He’s isolated, away from his family, his girlfriend left him and he is becoming increasingly more violent and deeper into psychosis every time he has a break.
I offered to talk to him, once he’s stable and in a condition or open to talk about this issue. But there’s virtually nothing anyone can do.
His family should be closer to him, I told them that already, give him some boundaries and purpose. Not abandoning him to his own volition to do whatever he pleases.
I don’t know why they’re forbidding visitors, it’s very weird, hospitals don’t usually do that, or why he’s strapped to the bed for a week now.
Here in the U.K. They never use physical restraints. They simply medicate you into a state similar to being tied down. It is sometimes called a chemical kosh.
To be honest I don’t think it is anymore dignified.
Sorry to hear your friend is doing so badly. Tbh at the moment there is very little that you can do. Just let him know you are always there to help when he is ready.
Because they think he should have the freedom to make his own decisions. I think it has a lot to do with liability and responsability, but that’s my opinion, I can just tell them, but I eased into it. I told them not to leave him alone once he’s out of the hospital.
Becuz his situation is outta control…just guessing…(just assuming)
need some isolation…
u trying to help him is obvious…
let him get stable circumstance…
the more cooler he gets the more chance of convincing him…
take care of u too…
thanks…or dont get caught in the middle of this situation…
good wishes to ur mom’s friend son…
That hospital is weird. Strapping him on for a week, no visitors, not informing on what medication he’s on. I don’t trust them. Sounds like a traumatic experience.
