Intro/Thanks

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That's right, the introduction and the gratitude in one spoonful.

 

My name (online) is Sara Thustra. As at least one of you knows (the kind

soul from another list who referred me to this one), my younger brother

is quite ill with a psychotic episode. (=way scary.) He contracted

viral meningitis two years ago (at age 18), which left him with constant

grand-mal seizures, the only successful control of which was accomplished

by keeping him on Depacote and Limactil ever since then. Now he's on

something called Geodon (I'm not familiar with it) as an antipsychotic,

but it seems to be helping little if at all.

 

There's not really anything I can do about this. After several days of

freaking out, I've accepted that--I'm not going to out-diagnose the

psychiatrists or convince anybody to take him off the medications, even

if I knew of something that would work in their stead. My parents are

his primary caregivers, and they and my brother are big believers in docs

& drugs. (I am not, but that's me.)

 

Anyway, my search has been narrowed now--at first, I was desperate to

find something that might help my brother, any way at all, no matter what

it was. I'd have fed him asphalt and tincture of ancient bonzai if

that's what somebody'd told me to do. *g* Having come to a more relaxed

conclusion, however, now I'm searching for a mild, calming, clarifying

sort of nervine tea that I can make--for both of us! My brother's

problems are definitely stress-induced if not outright stress-caused, but

of course he can't take anything strong, since he's already sucking down

three heavy-duty medications in pretty high doses; I don't want to risk

an interaction. I just want something I can bring him that will make

both of us feel a little less...schizy.

 

Thank you all, not just in advance for all the wonderful replies I know

I'll be getting, but also retroactively, for all the caring questions and

responses I've been reading on this list for the last few days. You guys

are almost better than tea!

 

Shoong,

Sara T.

 

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