Exterminate!!!
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I have a brother. Let's call him Chris.
Chris has a mental disease called Paranoid Schizophrenia, which is hereditary from his father. (He's only my half brother, p.s.) This disease causes him to have a conspiracy complex--- blah blah blah. Look it up. Anyway, he's been on and off his medication ever since the disease began to display itself during his Navy tour. As a loving family, we've always tried to help him stick to them, and he tends to stick with it temporarily, especially after a stint in jail a few years ago. The problem is he always slips off again, convincing himself they've done their job, or that he never needed them in the first place. This has recently led to the loss of his wife. My question is: Is it right to keep trying to get him to take his meds no matter how bad he struggles with it? Is it even worth the struggle itself? Is there anything else we can do?
Chris has a mental disease called Paranoid Schizophrenia, which is hereditary from his father. (He's only my half brother, p.s.) This disease causes him to have a conspiracy complex--- blah blah blah. Look it up. Anyway, he's been on and off his medication ever since the disease began to display itself during his Navy tour. As a loving family, we've always tried to help him stick to them, and he tends to stick with it temporarily, especially after a stint in jail a few years ago. The problem is he always slips off again, convincing himself they've done their job, or that he never needed them in the first place. This has recently led to the loss of his wife. My question is: Is it right to keep trying to get him to take his meds no matter how bad he struggles with it? Is it even worth the struggle itself? Is there anything else we can do?