my cousin was missing for four days. he was finally found by officers on the side of a bridge, shoeless. they had to heavily sedate him at the hospital because he was fighting the officers on the scene. since being admitted he won’t speak to anyone, he won’t eat or drink anything, and he keeps holding his breath so the machines keep going off alerting nurses that his oxygen sats are dropping. when he did speak, he said he wasn’t going to talk to the nurses or doctors (“he knew who he could and couldn’t talk to”) and that he didn’t want to drink or eat the food. he’d only eat fruits that we bring to the hospital ourselves. he also keeps saying that he’s the messiah and he’s a prophet. 

i say all that to ask what should we do? doctors are saying they can’t help him because he’s not speaking and in order for them to help he needs to talk to them. but also that he can’t stay in the hospital much longer. we’re not sure what to do to really help him understand that we’re all here for him and just want him to get better. i’ve looked at the sticky in this sub and i’m trying to do as much research as possible on EIP and schizophrenia as a whole but I could really use some guidance on how to better assist him. we’re all at a loss here and as much as it hurts to see him like this i know that he’s hurting even more and i really want to help. how can i advocate for him since he can’t (or is currently unwilling) to advocate for himself? thank you.