My name is Elias Rodriguez, I have an older brother that has been battling schizophrenia since I was 12 years old. I left my home town in 1997, and now in 2012 I have returned home to help my family cope with my brothers illness. This is my blog about both my brother and I, and my personal thoughts on this horrible disease.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Another Seizure 9/11/2012
My brother bought an antenna for his television today. I left at about 6 p.m. and took a walk and came home at about 8 p.m. to find that he had had a seizure and broke his antenna. He is also doing something rather curious, he seems to be fixated on comparing his wrist watch time to the alarm clock that he has on the serving bar between the living room and the kitchen. He says that he is taking his meds, but if he were I don't think that his seizures would be almost a daily issue. He has made some effort to get involved with a social group through the hospital that he stayed at during his last breakdown, but his effort to make it to the 8-10 a.m. activities are minimal at best as it is going on two weeks since he has been out and he has only attended one group meeting. I fear that he is heading directly into another episode, so personally, I am getting very concerned about what may happen or how he may (god forbid he does) choose to escalate the situation that seems inevitable unless he starts taking his medication. On a side note, he is spending a fair amount of time mumbling to himself and doing a lot of talking out loud to himself. It seems that when his schizophrenia starts getting bad, this is usually a very good barometer to tell just how intense his symptoms are being.
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