The now-34-year-old author of the book “ Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother’s Love” (Little, Brown and Co., out Tuesday), tells The Post’s Jane Ridley about living with bipolar disorder and his journey to better health. In a psychotic break, he dropped to all fours in the dog run, exposed his buttocks and encountered someone he imagined was Daniel Day-Lewis on the basketball courts. One sunny afternoon eight years ago, lawyer Zack McDermott sprinted through Manhattan’s Tompkins Square Park, convinced he was being filmed for his own TV show. 'Jeen-yuhs': Kanye West battles bipolar disorder, suicidal urges and addictionĪlvin Ailey doc: How a poor kid from Texas became a modern dance legendīebe Rexha: 'I'm a little f-ked up' - but making 'Better Mistakes' Take care of yourself while you take care of others.'General Hospital' star dishes on his soap opera supercouples If this is your son’s first episode, medication and stabilization could return him to himself. No long term major improvements have been made except to re-arrange life so we get along a bit better and to re-model my house to give her, and us, separate spaces (and even with those her noisy “conversations” often invade my hearing.) She says she will try homeopathics, so I hope that might help. She got ill in her thirties, is not dangerous to self or others, so no more legal forced hospitalizations. Since you wondered about my story: no, my daughter isn’t well, she refuses to take medicine, to see any doctor, or to trust anyone fully (even me). Throw stuff in, turn it on, come back later to a cooked meal… When I couldn’t bring myself to cook, protein shakes, smoothies and meal replacement bars became my go-to form of food. I’m sorry your family is going through this. I feel the goal of any hospitalization is to stabilize the person and help them get out. Long term I Definitely want to find a good holistic doctor who will look at the big picture and hopefully if not completely ditching any anti-psychotic med, hopefully lowering the dose with natural treatments and diet change, etc. Short term right now is just getting him stable, not suicidal, and home.

I thought there was a comment that said they saw a huge change and that their child was off of meds… Thought that was your comment. Tomorrow (as I can’t get ahold of the nurse who is in charge of him tonight) I’m planning on going back up there and talking to them to make sure he’s not on an anti-psychotic that heightens suicidal tendencies. When we saw him for our visit this afternoon he was calm and aware and sort of there but so so sleepy. He had another break last night around two AM and they had to give him Benadryl and haldol to get him to calm down and then this morning they asked my husband’s permission to put him on an anti-psychotic drug. He remembers at least some of what he did when he just completely lost it Sunday.

But… He realizes that he called his father satan. He got moved yesterday to a short term facility with the end goal to get him back home to us.

I told her I can’t concentrate enough to make a meal plan and execute it right at the moment. I don’t need food I can’t eat on top of an already messed up stomach from stress and worry and fear. GF for me and one of our daughters, whatever for my husband and other daughter. One of our pastor’s daughters asked what we needed.

Did i have a psychotic break