My brother is very unstable...how can I help him?!
Question: My brother is 21 years old. He lives at home with very loving...yet slightly over protective parents. He's so unstable...nobody knows which Scott they're going to be dealing with. He goes from being happy and joking around and laughing...to SCREAMING at everyone telling my dad to shoot him and call the cops on him if he wants him out of the house, he smashes his cell phone and slams doors, he grabbed my mom by the hood of her sweatshirt and pulled her backwards up the stairs, he slams doors constantly. He's just so up and down. I'm scared for him and my family. He's having a very difficult time right now. His truck is broke down and he just got layed off. I don't know if he's really depressed or if he has a mental problem. It's to the point where nobody wants him to live there anymore because all he does is freak out on us and make everyone's life miserable...until he's the good Scott and playing with his little brother and laughing at the Simpson's movie. Please help.
Answers: My brother is 21 years old. He lives at home with very loving...yet slightly over protective parents. He's so unstable...nobody knows which Scott they're going to be dealing with. He goes from being happy and joking around and laughing...to SCREAMING at everyone telling my dad to shoot him and call the cops on him if he wants him out of the house, he smashes his cell phone and slams doors, he grabbed my mom by the hood of her sweatshirt and pulled her backwards up the stairs, he slams doors constantly. He's just so up and down. I'm scared for him and my family. He's having a very difficult time right now. His truck is broke down and he just got layed off. I don't know if he's really depressed or if he has a mental problem. It's to the point where nobody wants him to live there anymore because all he does is freak out on us and make everyone's life miserable...until he's the good Scott and playing with his little brother and laughing at the Simpson's movie. Please help.
It is impossible for anybody on here to accurately diagnose what is going on with him. The first things that come to my mind are that he could be abusing drugs/alcohol, could have bipolar disorder or both. It really sounds like he needs some professional help...whatever is going on, it is serious and is not likely to do anything except get worse until he gets help.
sounds like your parents need to be parents, he needs to be committed to a mental hospital for evaluation and treatment.
your brother needs professional help. if mood swings are really that way; the sooner the better.
have you considered getting your brother a job if he is in such a bad way-he could consider canadian politics they must be like the british political asylum it might-not cure him but he will not be lonely, or apply for a part inTHE SIMPSONS.
Has he served in Iraq? if so, then get him to the VA quickly. If not then he might be bi-polar or could be hypoglycemic.
Either way, you may need to do a family intervention to get him help and seek out professional help.
If he is using drugs, then an intervention is needed NOW>