Hello

I want to have an advice about my brother. We experience this type of problem for
the first time, and don't know what to do. We also don't want him to wander around
looking for the right psycholog or psychiatric in this fragile situation, so that's
why I ask for an advice at the beginning...

He was a perfectly healthy(both physically and mentally) 19-year-old. He was
preparing for the exams last three or four weeks and have been thinking too much
about the exams and if he will get good grades or not, but again it wasn't anything
more than a little stress(at least seemingly). Two days ago he woke up at midnight,
he had a stomach problem. And after figuring it's probably food poisoning, he began
thinking too much about his health situation, and why he became ill, the reasons
etc. We took him to hospital, he got medications and serum. The first serum wasn't
enough, we had to take him to the hospital again, but his mental situation also got
worse, he began talking nonsense, crying, laughing... We first thought its because
of serum and other medications. But it got worse and worse, besides he slept only 4
hours in 48 hours.

Yesterday afternoon, he went out running without shoes in the streets unconscious,
we could barely catch him! After that, he got medications for sleep, and slept more
than 12 hours.

Now, today he's not that crazy, but still he thinks about his illlness non-stop, he
exaggerates everything happened in the past as if they were too bad things, he
thinks he was antisocial though he was meeting with his friends often, also he
apologizes from us every now and then. He sometimes cries, sometimes smiles suddenly
without a reason... His way of talking and grammar are logical and looks like he's
in his right mind, but his words prove that he is not.

Can you please tell which type of experts we should see? I know it's an emergency
and we'll seek help tomorrow(most clinics are closed today) but I don't know what
type of doctors/specialists we should go.

Also, what illness these symptoms can belong to? I know it cannot be exactly known
by reading an e-mail but I just want to have your opinion. Of course we will see an
expert as soon as possible.

Thanks...

Dear doctor Nicholas
My name is peter,i am male,26 years old
I think i have got problem since i was born,because i don't talk too
much.

always got abused by mates.

after senior high school i went abroad to uk and people said me gay.
am i really a gay man?
am i a mad ?
what is my ploblem?

many thanks,

pete

Dear Dr. Michael Nicholas,

my name is ramesh.i am from india originally migrated to
australia.i have a problem with my beheaviour which i can know by
myself.symtoms are fear,body sensations and irritability.not only that
after my 17th year i started wonderring myself if i do some work which i
knew also i will get surprised myself "is that done by me?" now my age is
26.and normally this beheaviour is happening periodically sometimes
weekly,monthly and now a days regularly happening.i criticise verymuch for
myself for mistake done by me,always think about that what i done in
past.during that period i can't sleep also,those periods were terrible for
me.now a days even i am good also those period rememberence is making me
to get worry that i will be falling into again.there are people living by
beleiving me,i should feed them.

please give me your valuable suggitions for me.

thanks
ramesh