Watching my son heal daily, I believe that Psychosis is a serious but treatable medical condition that reflects a disturbance in brain functioning. By watching him, I think he found this experience, very disorienting and distressing. Without the effective treatment, psychosis can and has been very overwhelming in his life. 

How ever, it is important to remember that psychosis is a medical condition that affects the brain, and it can be treated! We remained calm, gave him the space and time to heal. Has really worked wonders in his life this far.

After so many attempts with his doctors, I believe that they have finally found the correct medication for him. Low doses of anti-psychotic medications are a key component of his treatment, along with us getting the correct education and been supportive toward him. Treatment strategies are aimed at allowing him to maintain his daily routines as much as possible. 

There have been tremendous advances in the treatment of psychosis during recent years, reducing the need for hospital stays and promoting faster, fuller recovery. 

Typically, psychosis does not disappear on its own. Instead, if left untreated, the condition can worsen and severely disrupt the lives of individuals and families.

Treatment is most effective when it is started early. With proper treatment, most people recover fully from the first episode of psychosis. For many, the first episode is also the last. Early detection and effective treatment can promote full recovery.

How ever, I firmly believe that after two months, on all the occasions my son had an episode. He simply stopped taking his meds, and stopped going for treatment. Sadly to say we where not aware on how to handle his illness, thankfully we have now educated ourselves on Psychosis. And believe this time around, no matter the length of time. We are not allowing him to go about his own mission. The damages become greater with each episode he has. 

We as a family, as well as my son, became worried about the anti-psychotic medications used to treat bipolar, schizophrenia and psychosis. In addition to concern about side effects, they may worry that such drugs could lead to addiction. However, anti-psychotic medications do not produce a 'high' and are not addictive.

Another misconception about anti-psychotic drugs is that they act as a kind of mind control, or 'chemical straitjacket'. Anti-psychotic drugs used at the appropriate dosage do not knock out people or take away their free will. While these medications can be sedating, these drugs are not used because of their sedative effects, but rather because of their ability to diminish the hallucinations, agitation, confusion and delusions that are characteristic of a psychotic episode.

Anti-psychotic medications should eventually help the affected individual to deal with the world more rationally.

Point of fact, the hardest task is keeping a psychotic patient on meds. Teaching them that is for their own health and well-being.