TemptationWaits

Hi Sheryl, thank you for the response.

I live in Chon Buri,  but both he and his dad are just outside Pattaya. The 'patient' wasn't with us, which seemed to be the main sticking point. 

Bangkok Pattaya was just too busy to see us, and Banglamung wouldn't see us unless he was with us. Basically said 'nothing we can do unless he comes here himself'. I can't remember the name of the hospitals on Soi 4 and Soi Buokhao but same story as Banglamung. Kind of called it after that as the frustrations were starting to show.

I freely admit I may be out of line blaming any of them. I'm kind of out of my depth here and don't know what's normal and what the rules are. It's been hard to find out that I'm completely ignorant about something that seems to have taken over a large part of our lives.

It's good to hear that the police should actually do something. I'll talk to his Dad in the morning and try to figure out what we are going to do with that.

Thank you again. I'll be sure to post here if/when we can get the issue resolved.

Hello,

So. A good friend of mine seems to have had a psychotic break. Not going to list all the things that have happened over the last year, but myself and his Father are sure, as well as people we have consulted about it. He has now cut off contact with everyone except his Dad, including me.

At first we thought it could be related to Crystal Meth abuse, still not ruled this out, but it's at the stage now where it really doesn't matter what caused it.

Things have escalated recently. He's paranoid delusional, thinks someone is trying to poison him. Hallucinations, memory loss, weight loss. He's lost about 25-30kgs and he wasn't a big guy to begin with. 

We've tried to get him to seek help, but he refuses to believe he is sick.

A few days ago he started talking about killing himself. Now he is convinced that someone murdered his Mother here in Thailand and I'm afraid he is going to do something very bad, very soon. He has stated he is going to kill some one.

Today we spent a long time in the various hospitals trying to get someone to intervene ( there is no way he will go to the hospital voluntarily ). Absolute waste of time, most of them wouldn't even let us in to see a doctor even if we got heated and insisted.

Also went to the police station. Also a waste of time.

I'm at my wits end.

Any advice is welcome at this point. We don't know what to do. I'm waiting on a call back from the Samaritans ( no idea if the can help, like I said, we are desperate ).

And just to reiterate, I believe he is a serious danger to himself and others right now.