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 December 9th
...See more Our son Ben is 30, was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder about 4 years ago then discharged from air force reserves with medical disability. He will not give us a medical power of attorney or guardianship. He went on meds and stopped two years ago. It has been a serious rollercoaster ride ever since. His brain has been living in a spirit world for over two years, it is all he talks about and gets angry about. Currently not sleeping more than two to four hours a night if that. He has been hospitalized a few times in past three years but goes off meds as soon as he can get out. Says he just wants to leave this world/realm and Indiana. Says the spirits keep breaking his spiritual neck. He just did get out of the psyc hospital last week after ingesting a full bag of THC gummies then going into a psyc breakdown. He was screaming that gamma rays were pouring out of his eyes and ears as we rushed him to the hospital. He is reluctantly taking the *** meds they gave him in the hospital, Invega pill and Lithium. It is NOT bringing him out of his manic psychosis. He has a phone appointment tomorrow with a new VA psychiatrist but we know he is going to refuse any suggestions of new meds and so on and try to hang up on the doctor. We hope he doesnt but from past experiences we think he will. I read so many stories of persons with SZ that are functioning and taking their meds and would like to get our sons brain back into this reality long enough to that he can see that taking meds would keep his thoughts out of the spiritual realms. Any advise is welcome. Thank you for reading. 
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