HOW TO HELP SOMEONE IN PSYCHOSIS
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Helping someone in psychosis is really hard. The challeges of being a support person for someone in psychosis is really hard. Getting someone in psychosis to the hospital and the proper treatment is almost impossible.
When Tiffany was committed last week the first time she gave me permission to speak with her nurses. I gave the nurses all the details to give to the doctor all about Tiffany's voices, her behavior, and everything that had happened and they STILL released her after only three days.
One thing people don't realize is or know is how incredibly difficult it is to get treatment for mental illness. YOU ARE NOT LUCKY if you are diagnosed young or put on the right medication right away and never experience the terror of psychosis or hypomania, YOU ARE A UNICORN..
The best way to help someone in psychosis is to get them to the hopital. There is so much that I left out but I tried to do a wellness check on Tiffany, I was ready to try anything to make sure she was safe but we can never tell the person they are crazy or the what they believe is not true because it is true to them. They are living that terrifying reality. It's just so hard for those of us trying to get help either for ourself or for someone else.
Tiffany's Aunt told me "I am not going down with the sinking ship that is Tiffany." Tiffany's
sister disowned her, her parents were dead, she had no one left, burned every bridge as they say.
I don't regret helping Tiffany get into the hospital and taking care of her pets.
I learned so much about psychotic illnesses and how to understand someone hearing voices. I learned how not to talk to someone in psychosis. I learned about friendship and just how devasting it is to watch our healthcare system repeatedly fail people with psychotic illnesses like bipolar or schizophrenia and their symptoms. I learned how people end up homeless from mental illness. I learned to see through the symptoms to the person. I don't regret it I learned too much and I met someone amazing animals.
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I'm a mental health nurse and your perspective on mental illnesses is invaluable
Thank you, I try. 😁
My mom would get discharged after three days as well then she was my problem. Still need a place to live. She is still alive in her house. Meanwhile my stress is so high right now living with my 87 year old dad. You're an angel helping someone in your building.
You are so strong. I know that's annoying when people say that but you are. ❤️
@@BipolarPerson no I am starting to get paranoid. It's been five years since my first episode. And I am on meds, Thats the scary part.
😫🤬🥵😡 I had to add Geodon a year ago.
Dude, you're a REALLY good friend! Good job being there for Tiffany. That was above and beyond amazing how you helped her out! Keep going, man. You're changing the world.
The sincerity here is just amazing. Heart wrenching at times.
I have bipolar 1 with psychosis I’m happy I found your channel ❤
me too!! I'll be posting more soon, just had a life change I'm dealing with. Thank you for your support! ❤️
Always ❤
I’m worried for you going through that also you mentioned feeling better and music please post another video soon❤
Thank you! I did just because you said that! ❤️
Such good advice on how to help someone in psychosis based on your experience with Tiffany and your life. I learned a lot! Thanks, Steph. So happy to know you. ❤
It’s so so very sad when animals involved
Sometimes see homeless people either a hog and it breaks my heart
I hate seeing homeless people with pets it make me so sad. I was so sad to have Lucy taken but Tiffany can't care for animals I've been caring for them for a year. It killed me, I cried my eyes out when they took Lucy but they assured me that she would go to a rescue and be adopted. She is very angry with me and it's terrible how she must be feeling I know but she has been using this is the 4th time I bailed her out and she is just harming her animals. It's so hard with addiction and mental illness.
Hello, I enjoy your videos. Congratulations on your channel. I am Brazilian, a lawyer, and I work a lot. I have Bipolar Disorder Type 2 with comorbid ADHD. I believe I have written here before. I would like to ask you a question: what is life like for someone with bipolar disorder in the United States in terms of benefits for people with bipolar disorder? Does the government provide medication for those who cannot afford it? Does the government provide a psychiatrist and psychologist, or does everything have to be paid for by the individual? If you are experiencing a crisis, can you stay at home to receive treatment, or do you have to be hospitalised? How do Americans perceive a person with bipolar disorder? Do they respect and help, or is the stigma very strong? Is there a lot of prejudice? Are you allowed to drive? I apologise for asking so many questions.
Hi!! Please don't apologize!!! I would love to answer this question with a video if I can but I will tell you, yes we can drive as long as the medication doesn't interfere. Stigma is strong and we have to have insurance and if we can't afford insurance we can apply for government help but we have to be approved and the help from the government is not as good. We have to be hospitalized if we are in crisis but that is up to us to go currently the government can't force us to get help unless we are deemed "a danger to ourselves or others." The biggest problem for people with bipolar in the U.S. is because there is so little money allocated to healthcare the psychiatric hospitals always release people before they are ready and for someone in psychosis that can be deadly. Most the healthcare is private insurance but if I go to the psychiatric hospital I will be there with people who have government insurance too and the government is not funding enough hospitals so there is not enough space even if you have private insurance. While the U.S. ranks high in healthcare it is really bad for psychiatric patients getting the help they need. I'm gonna try and make a video on this I really appreciate your question, can you tell me how it is in Brazil for Bipolar people? 😁
@@BipolarPerson Hello, yes, in Brazil being bipolar does not prevent you from driving. However, if you are taking medication that causes dizziness or makes it unsafe for you to drive, you will be prohibited from driving until you are well. In Brazil, there are large hospitals and small health clinics where any Brazilian can receive physical or mental health care. Medical care and treatments in Brazil are free of charge. In case of an emergency, you will be treated, operated on, and all necessary treatments will be provided free of charge.
For mental health treatment, there are specialized centers called CAPS (Psychosocial Care Centers) for people with any type of mental disorder. At CAPS, you will have access to social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and if necessary, you can be referred to a psychiatric hospital for inpatient care. Brazilian doctors are very good, and Brazilian medicine is quite advanced.
However, 40% of Brazilians pay for health insurance to receive quicker and more continuous care. For example, I pay for health insurance, so I have access to psychiatrists and psychologists whenever I need. Recently, a Brazilian law prohibited health insurance plans from limiting the number of sessions with a psychologist. Before this law, I used to file my requests with the court, which was easy for me because I am a lawyer and know the legal procedures.
Regarding hospitalization for people with bipolar disorder in Brazil, there is voluntary hospitalization, where you decide to admit yourself. In this case, you can formally request to be discharged to your doctor, and if the doctor sees that you are well, you may be released. However, even with voluntary admission, the final decision is always with the psychiatrist.
There is also hospitalization at the request of family members, in cases where you have suicidal thoughts and do not want to be admitted. Your parents, siblings, or spouse can request your admission to your doctor, and you will be hospitalized. Lastly, there is compulsory hospitalization, which occurs when you have suicidal thoughts or pose a risk to yourself or society. The psychiatrist will admit you and then immediately inform the judge of your hospitalization because you need to be hospitalized. In Brazil, hospitalization is considered a last resort.
We also have private treatments and hospitalizations, as well as private psychologists, which are very expensive. However, many doctors who accept health insurance also see patients privately. In Brazil, medical consultations and therapy sessions with psychologists are also permitted virtually via video calls. The law also allows doctors to use what we call a virtual prescription, where the doctor issues the prescription for controlled medication, and you go to a pharmacy to purchase the medication, which is only allowed by prescription. Psychiatric medications in Brazil follow very strict regulations; medications with red or black stripes can only be sold with a doctor's prescription. What concerns me the most is the stigma.
As I mentioned, I find your UA-cam channel extremely valuable; it helps me a lot. However, the stigma concerns me greatly. I know I am not alone; I see that other people with a bipolar diagnosis also hide it from others. For me, it is not easy to conceal this from my family, friends, and even my psychologist. I feel that it is becoming increasingly heavy to carry this burden, but I have no choice but to remain in the cave of my diagnosis. This is because doctors, psychologists, and other professionals do not create videos that can help reduce the stigma.
We need to unite globally; our planet is not as vast as it was 60 years ago. Nowadays, we have the internet, and we can work on this together. The same human being who lives in America, Europe, Africa, or here in South America faces the same issues. The languages we speak might differ, but the stigma and pain experienced by someone with bipolar disorder in America or Europe are the same. This is a plea: we need to make sure that people do not see us as something terrible.
I also want to take this opportunity to tell you that you are an incredible person. Your faith in God is beautiful to see, and your courage and strength are inspiring. You are a true warrior. I believe my words can be part of the content of the video you need because I am sure that in America, people with bipolar disorder also suffer from stigma.
I am SOoooo SORRY you are just now getting a reply from me. I still have not figured out how to filter for comments to new replies in some order. I literally have to obsessively dig for 2nd replys I get a notification for the initial comment but youtube does not show you 2nd replys. I appreciate all of this so much and I would LOVE to make a video showing the stark difference between Brazil and U.S. and the similarities. Would you be embarrassed if you had diabetes? A brain tumor, kidney disease or any other ailment? When you are ready you'll see that the cave is only a because it has a pearmant open door. You can put weeds in front of it but it will always be an open door. ❤️ Again thank you so much for all of this! Can you please give me your first name? I have your screen name I can filter replies from that so I definitely will come back to this comment for a video. 😁
@@BipolarPerson Hello, thank you for responding. Sorry for not replying earlier. Yes, my email name is Jonas, but it's Jonas José Silva. Don’t worry, I know you have many things to do, so I appreciate your attention. Thank you for the videos and for answering my question. Than
Always, sometimes it's really hard to find replies to replies so that's why I'm late responding. Please send any questions or vent ir whatever you want that's what we are all here for to stick together and understand more.
Hey! Can you help me? I have constant paranoia.Feeling like I have never privacy...a radio in my mind. .different other uncomfortable feelings.My psychatrist can find the right meds for my bipolar disorder.I have never peace in my mind! Only when I sleep.Sorry, that I write bc ya have so much going on in your life❤ Thanks and hugs🤗
I am so sorry your message got "held for review" sometimes youtube does that by mistake and I don't find the message until much later so I'm so sorry for this very late repy. You are not alone it's a terrible feeling to feel terrified all the time. Can you try a different psychiatrist? I think you just have to keep trying there are so many medications just don't give up and tell your psychiatrists about any side effects. I have heard people with similar symptoms saying they are doing well on risperidone but everyone is different and some medications take a while to work. Don't give up hope! ❤️ Don't ever be sorry for writing me!!! That is what I am here for. ❤️
Hi Steph. She may have Borderline personality disorder (BPD) from substance abuse. You are very brave to help her. Please do what's best for you so you're not hurt or angry.
- Susan
Susan is that also caused by substance abuse. I had no idea Thanks for mentioning that...does it have episodes of paranoia?
@@sloene72 Hi Steph. I hope you are doing well. My sister-in-law has BPD. I'm don't know what causes it. It very much has paranoid symptoms. I think various mental illnesses are PTSD related and it becomes difficult to manage the cycling that occurs. What are your thoughts. All the best, Susan
I just learned that you can have psychosis wiith borderline personality disorder. She has been diagnosed with BPD and schizoaffecive disorder. The drugs is a huge problem, it's so hard with substance abuse and mental illness combined I don't know how anyone survives.
@@BipolarPerson BPD may be harder on relationships; "feelings for others can change quickly, and swing from extreme closeness to extreme dislike. These changing feelings can lead to unstable relationships and emotional pain."
if she is taking somethig, isnt it her own business? Do we all have to tell everyone what we use or dont use if they ask?
We still have a choice as to what we tell, whar we tell, and maybe she isnt good with boundaries at all, so she says she isn't using (when she wants to say its none of your business) perhaps her drugs were her way of self medicating. It happens a lot especially when you said the mental health help she got wasnt suitable at all until she was diagnosed with schitzophenia.
If she has schitzophrenia and it was untreated then maybe it wasnt her, but the other voices (spirits) or meth or whatever else (weed).induced person that was lying to you. I guess she doesn't know either so to say she could be of sane mind when not lying is hard to determine sometimes.
Anyway if you can get her animals back, because shes getting maybe the right help now, and she cant know what to do, you cant say people who are not being diagnosed or lie cant have animals? Many people think they can trust who has their pets also, and those people say they will look after them and dont..is that a lie too, i dont know. Sometimes pets are the only thing lonely people have that keeps them from.suicide as they have to care for someone and someone loves them back unconditionally (well maybe not all cats) but they have their good monents and bad personality days especially when things are uncertain and they miss their main human. Its distressing for them..
I know the pressure you are under. Ive had to do this, too. I am definitely not proud of it. I was thiniing of myself and the person more so than the animals I feel. It can be overwhelming and you know now I am vegan, and now I hate what I did, about 20 years ago. I think much more about animals as my life got somewhat better and they didnt feel like a burden anymore. I started to feel so much more compassion for what animals go through when I learned more from othee vegans and watching some documentaries. Animals and people have it reaslly hard. Maybe her cat is untrusting and has sensory issues or trauma. We dont know, but its been amazing that you have been therr to care for her fur babies all this time. I hope it bought you some joy at times too!
I do hope Tiffany gets the help she needs. She is lucky to have a neighbour like you. The others dont seem to understanding at all. Maybe now she has been through this ordeal you and her can be trusting feiends after all. Perhaps she will be there for you too?
Thanks for the video. Really you are a good storyteller with so much detail. Maybe you could write a sad song about Tiffany and your time helping her? Id love to hear it if you did, on your platform.
Man I wish it was that simple. First thank you for loving animals so much, I am vegan too. I grew up in a Zoo literally my Dad managed one so I went vegetarian for 10 years then I saw Forks Over Knives went Vegan and never looked back. Tiffany and I had a deal if she used she had to give me Chance back so it was my business and especially because I spent two years helping her and 9 months building her up in rehab. She is a life long drug addict to the point where she keeps synthetic pee and overdose medicine. She not only lied about using she set the framework to lie before she got out. One thing I learned is how manipulative drug users are and how much they lie. it is part of the disease. The abuse her animals endured in her care was beyond. She would get arrested and not tell the police she had animals. The first time I helped her, her animals were in her apartment for three days alone without food or water. She kept Chance locked in her apartment for months and never walked him. She would scream all day everyday to the voices. Her apartment smelled like feces and urine so bad that the neighbors were complaining, she was so psychotic 7 neighbors got a restraining order against her and it got so bad the association had to sue her and she ended up having to pay 50k in lawyer fees. She's currently not on her meds and psychotic. She needs rehab and a dual diagnosis program but she won't go. I did screw up and tell her where her cat was which she got back. I really regret telling her. Lucy her cat is one hell of an excuse for her not to go to rehab and I know Lucy is probably suffering. I really wish I wouldn't have told her. Chance was diabetic and very old and incontinence we tried really hard to get control of it but we couldn't and she had him euthanized 2 days ago. Now she is blaming me for his death but she is the one who euthanized him. She says I was giving him his diabetes medicine wrong which is not true. It's really sad I couldn't help her but I know I did everything I could for Chance. I have hope she'll get help but I know she probably won't a dual diagnosis is a nightmare. I understand developing a deeper relationship with animals I will never forgive myself for leaving my bird when I went to College. His name was Notchuck my Dad gave him away. Thank you for your support and comment it means a lot to me. And thank you again for being an ethical vegan. ❤️😁💕💕💕 Oh and I did write a song about her it was a really difficult time. ua-cam.com/video/eeSQ6FySlOw/v-deo.htmlsi=hocflEnA1hkcGe1Q
My psychatrist can't find meds for me.
Oh man! Can you get a new psychiatrist sometimes they have different ideas.
I have been watching Living Well with Schizophrenic and she is on a medical KETO project, it’s helping her a lot and she reduced her dose on a medication
What do you think about this ?
I have been turned off and disappointed by Living Well with Schizophrenia since her "I'm In Psychosis Video" and "A Day In the Life of A Psych Ward." I thought she was awesome before that but she conveyed some things in these videos that made me call into question her credibility. She offers a warm and fuzzy picture of schizophrenia that is not typical and extremely rare and that's okay if that is her experience but she lost all credibility with me when she showed herself with a razor in a psych ward among many other inconsistences in her videos. Many people online have been claiming this route to be benifical but none of these claims are backed by any clinical testing to date. I'm not saying it doesn't work but it is extremely hard to do this outside a hospital. A lot of people don't want to take meds and that's understandable if they have bad experiences like side effects but medicine has been being tested for like 100 years so so we have come a long way and it does save lives.
@@BipolarPerson I also dont understand how they can afford their lifestyle
They are both don’t have jobs outside of UA-cam but to make a living you have to have tens of thousands views from each video and post them at least 3 or 4 times a day
She sells merchandise and has a peer community that is for paid subscribers. Her husband is a filmmaker and that's how her videos are so nice she built a studio in her garage it looks like from her website she also supposedly does "talks." If you watch her videos she is very evasive and speaks of stuff anyone could look up, she is a social worker. For me and a lot of other people I've seen make comments find her very triggering. The reality of schizophrenia is very different for most people. Yes you can live an awesome life with treatment but her portrayal is just not the reality for the vast majority of people. And de-stigmatizing something the way she's doing it to me is causing more harm than good. I had to unsubscribe from her she's so triggering. Lauren and her husband are running a business. If you look at small youtubers you'll see a massive difference in the information you recieve. I just found another channel I'll link it below.
ua-cam.com/video/vy66ycLGk80/v-deo.htmlsi=ddeiEn3yihXlZAua
@@BipolarPerson thank you so very much for sharing another UA-camr
I’m going to subscribe to her
Yes, I think they run a good business what ever it maybe
Having 3 kids and having all these money for everything she mentions just for this project of KETO alone , they definitely get paid for promoting that
A special doctor and a special KETO coach …. Could be something along the line like DR. Berg 😀