tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-426449816547504479.post7933158945366315295..comments2024-03-12T07:39:17.776+00:00Comments on Internal Optimist - Medical Student to Junior Doctor Blog: Alcoholic nurses?Internal Optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194212321633856081noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-426449816547504479.post-12884262646349795172012-05-08T11:49:35.078+01:002012-05-08T11:49:35.078+01:00Thank you both, I agree it does sound very much li...Thank you both, I agree it does sound very much like a first rank symptom of schizophrenia. <br /><br />Mental health were put in touch with him a few days before I saw him (by his mum), he wouldn't let them into his flat (paranoid) but from his supposedly measured answers through the door, there was nothing they could do to him.<br /><br />Other than schizophrenia, amphetamines can lead to similar symptoms when taken in high doses / for prolonged periods so this could be the cause. He seems a lot better now he has stopped taking these drugs, which is good, but I still have my eye on him (as much as you can do from a different continent!)Internal Optimisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194212321633856081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-426449816547504479.post-75244731594995724342012-05-01T18:52:30.017+01:002012-05-01T18:52:30.017+01:00Yeah- I'd second that schizophrenia diagnosis....Yeah- I'd second that schizophrenia diagnosis. Persecutory delusions are a first rank symptom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-426449816547504479.post-21508480403327309762012-05-01T18:35:05.619+01:002012-05-01T18:35:05.619+01:00Sorry to hear about your friend! Ritalin is an amp...Sorry to hear about your friend! Ritalin is an amphetamine derivative isn't it, which could explain some of the mania? But other than that it sounds like a classic case of schizophrenia and I am thinking you should have called someone to get him sectioned.<br />Now that he's not in the UK he's at risk (and I don't know how their mental health schemes work) so ideally someone needs to get him back into the country and then to hospital!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com