An interview with my schizophrenic brother

http://oceanpark.com/blog/2009/08/my-mentally-ill-brother-is-scheduled-for-tr...

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[144thstonedmind]

Very interesting interview. Im under the influence currently under cannabis (ie: stoned) and to me what he says is perfectly understandable and also quite important meaning. there must be a closer behaviour link between cannabis users minds and that of schizophrenic. anyway all the best! those antipsychotics lead to far too much weight gain.

[dennisallard]

@144thstonedmind - i f you are gaining weight, exericise. Go on 50 miles bicycle workouts or 10 mile hikes a few times a week. It will burn off the fat and clear you mind in ways cannabis cannot begin to touch. On the other hand, you could just stay stoned and blame everything on the meds. That would be the lazy thing to do.

[nuclearthreat545]

Did you really have a itch.......?

[dennisallard]

@nuclearthreat545 - I did, yes.

[garyarthurs]

he picks up on your frustration and apparent condescending tone, becoming noticeably more agitated ... may not have been your intent ... but it is how it came across here, and looks like to Tony as well ... just a thought ... best wishes

[dennisallard]

@thegreenbastard42011 - He believes what he says and thinks it all happened. Taking meds is the only thing that has enabled my brother to function in society. The social workers and doctors who prescribe meds to him do that to help him, not "push" drugs. I dislike the for-profit pharmaceutical industry but I do not blame the doctors for that. I blame the voters of the US who refuse to get rid of the for-profit private health insurance industry.

[phallictractor]

@dennisallard i just got up to 17 miles today. i am working towards more and more.

[ListenToBigFace]

As is made clear in the video your brother is mentally ill to the extent that he needs medication, and it seems that you have collectively decided to tape a video to show him at a later date in order to show him 'how he was'. He isn't an alcoholic who you can show the video to in the morning and he will 'vow never to drink again'. This is how he is when he doesn't take medication, and it seems in this video that you're just venting your frustrations at him.

[Chemicallobodomy]

@dennisallard

Or you can smoke weed while hiking. I shall take the best of both worlds!

[jamesstasiak]

I'm liking 'Tony Tones'. He actually makes sense to me. Tony appears to be a good man and I personally know, threw my own mental illness, what being a "prisoner in your own mind" feels like. From England, I wish Tony all the best for the future.

[fretzombie]

My girlfriends dad is schizophrenic and he often makes up ridiculous stories about things. He tries to talk in riddles when you ask him simple questions and 99% of the time the riddles are not even really riddles. Often he will get angry like a child and he has to leave.

[dennisallard]

@damyre - For example one of his friends found that my brother started showing up at night and trying to get into his place or sleeping in the back of his pick up truck. That friend has been helpful to Tony many times over the years. Now, when Tony shows up, that friend carries a baseball bat with him when he answers the door. My brother is six foot four, 230 pounds, and can sometime appear to be very belligerent. You get my drift?