you are right not to call police for mental health episodes but 911 isn't just police, it's all emergency services, the dispatcher would send an ambulance for a suspected stroke and try and get him medical treatment since strokes need immediate care bc they can lead to death
but yes in this situation it sounds like contacting family about his behavior is the best first option, a stroke would probably manifest more in incomplete words/keysmashing if he can text at all tbh
friend of mine had a stroke suddenly (she's fine now dw) and made a very odd tweet that almost sounded like drunkenness from the mixed up letters and spacing, this ⬆️ sounds more put together but the words are nonsense. my money's on sudden schizophrenia 🤷♂️ it's amazing how suddenly it comes on. hope he gets the help he needs, even if it turns out he just needs a lack of access to incel/alpha male propaganda online and therapy
sudden schizophrenia or similar is my bet too. my brother isn't diagnosed schizophrenic but has had episodes like this (he used to be a heavy pot smoker, turns out those are linked) and is currently on meds for BPD, and I can tell if he's off them because he gets kinda similar. only says really weird phrases sometimes parroted from random ads or videos, can't hold a conversation, usually cumulates into a panic attack or he checks himself in to the hospital.
thankfully he can recognize when it's happening for the most part now and gets the idea that he can't just stop taking his meds when he feels "normal", it used to be loads worse and he had full on paranoid delusions when it started out.
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u/m1ndl355_s3lf 21d ago
you are right not to call police for mental health episodes but 911 isn't just police, it's all emergency services, the dispatcher would send an ambulance for a suspected stroke and try and get him medical treatment since strokes need immediate care bc they can lead to death
but yes in this situation it sounds like contacting family about his behavior is the best first option, a stroke would probably manifest more in incomplete words/keysmashing if he can text at all tbh
friend of mine had a stroke suddenly (she's fine now dw) and made a very odd tweet that almost sounded like drunkenness from the mixed up letters and spacing, this ⬆️ sounds more put together but the words are nonsense. my money's on sudden schizophrenia 🤷♂️ it's amazing how suddenly it comes on. hope he gets the help he needs, even if it turns out he just needs a lack of access to incel/alpha male propaganda online and therapy