Saturday, September 08, 2007

Hebephrenia?

was admitted to our ward after he lost his left eye in a quarrel with his father, admitted because of the mutism he got after the operation in his eye, and because of the past history of mental illness which was not documented in papers....
he was 18 , depressed, stuporous, refusing to eat... after 3 days of IV fluid we decided that we must start ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), then that evening he suddenly came at the highest level of excitation and agitation, I remember him wearing his belt over his chest and making bizzar posturs and giggling and crying enough to be diagnosed as a hebephrenic schiaophrenia without feeling you got to remember the DSM IV to diagnose...he was illogical....
But when I gave him a paper and told him to draw something he came with something logical...

he writes BEST PEOPLE ARE above the flag of japan, and below the flag ARE THOSE WHO HELP BENEFIT OTHER PEOPLE....or in other word who makes life more beautiful...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Dr. Sami,

Well, I must say, I agree with what he wrote....does that make me craz(ier)...? :-)



I wonder what the flag of Japan ment. He must have a real love of the Japanese, perhaps?

Anyhow, I hope he will be ok.

And, what about you, Dr. Sami, how are you doing? Hopefully well. Prayers to you and thank you over and over for a wonderful blog and a wonderful you. Best, tracy

3eeraqimedic said...
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saminkie said...

dear 3eeraqimedics i also thought of the bleeding eye if i do ECT for him because that will increase blodd pressure and threatens his new stiches in the eye after operation....you are a clever doctor...that is my diagnosis for you..

Anonymous said...

Dear Dr. Sami,
"Sometimes a flag is just a flag..." sometimes it is a bleeding eye...tracy