What do I do?
I need help.
Someone I care about was recently diagnosed with Bi-polar after medication from misdiagnosis caused them to go into psychosis, which landed them in the hospital after an episode at work.
They are currently unmedicated with no therapy for said illness (Not for lack of trying, the original medication hasn't fully cleared from their system and it will take weeks) and in one of the worst Manic episodes Ive seen. I was raised with a Bi-polar parent and this manic episode takes the cake.
Doctors have given information about a clinic to take them but the illness has convinced them that they're fine, they just surrounded by horrible people and they treat people how they deserve.
They are normally a gentle, soft and nurturing person. This is vile, violent, irrational. Had the things they've said been in a deeper tone you'd think it was something from the Exorcist.
I cannot make them go without fucking up their job or any other stability they have.
I can't keep navigating this myself, they are actively in a state of hatred towards me due to my acknowledgement of said manic episode.
Has anyone gone through this?
How do I get to the other side?
Is there any resources I can talk to that won't essentially involuntary commit this person?
Financial stress is a big trigger for them and any threat to their job stability would make this episode spiral so much worse.
I may be the only one who knows other than the doctors they've seen, I don't believe they have shared to their family or friends. I don't believe they'd believe or know how to navigate this if I reached out.
They are moving so volatile and reckless that I fear su*c*de when the dust clears.
Nothing I say is getting through or slowing it down.
I don't want to lose them to this disease.