Hi
I am new to the forum and would like to join in with some people with more experience of these diaseses.
I care for a friend (not related) and have done for 5 years. I live in and up until the last month or so have been coping ok (I think). My friend has been having delusions and halluciations on and off for a while and they have been put down to infections. The last episode lasted for 2 weeks and after 3 courses of anti biotics he still is having conversations with people who are dead, he sees people who are not there and has no memory sometimes of where he is and confuses me with sisters he hasn't seen for many years. He is currently being assesed at the hospital but only after we paid private to see a consultant. Has anybody got anything they think that will help me deal with this as i have no previous experence of mental illness and what course it is going to take . I have put Lewy body as a title as the symptoms he has seem to match but have not had a diagnosis yet
I am new to the forum and would like to join in with some people with more experience of these diaseses.
I care for a friend (not related) and have done for 5 years. I live in and up until the last month or so have been coping ok (I think). My friend has been having delusions and halluciations on and off for a while and they have been put down to infections. The last episode lasted for 2 weeks and after 3 courses of anti biotics he still is having conversations with people who are dead, he sees people who are not there and has no memory sometimes of where he is and confuses me with sisters he hasn't seen for many years. He is currently being assesed at the hospital but only after we paid private to see a consultant. Has anybody got anything they think that will help me deal with this as i have no previous experence of mental illness and what course it is going to take . I have put Lewy body as a title as the symptoms he has seem to match but have not had a diagnosis yet