Hi,

So many thoughts come to mind when trying to construct this post.  I will try to start from the beginning.

About six years ago my family was hit with multiple deaths in a one year period.  The last one being my nephew.  His death hit the family so hard that everyone dealt with struggles in different ways, some still to do this day.  My son started sharing troubling memories from the past that never happened. He was convinced that "the gangs" would never let him have a job or live successfully.  He struggled with that off and on; admitted into the hospital so many times, I've lost count. 

He was initially diagnosed with something like depression with psychotic features.  The doctors put him on medications; one for depression and the other to address the psychotic piece.  Eventually he graduated to not only having these horrific memories of horrible things happening to him he also started hearing voices. 

This experience has been a roller coaster watching him go through this with no education on this illness, no literature. I have tried to read up on it to get a better understanding but this has not been easy.  The doctors' have shared their knowledge as much as they can but I still feel loss because known of the options we've tried have provided stable solutions.

I think we're left with having to take over his care which means having him declared incompetent or something along that nature.  We wanted this to be the very last resort hoping that something would click for him.  

The biggest issue is that he is an adult and can deny help which he has but we can see that he's in the throes of an episode but are helpless to help.

Can anyone offer any suggestions? 

Thoughfully,

Hopeful Mom