Schizophrenia or Spiritual battle?

[Mike58293]

6 to 7 months ago my male cousin who lives in Mexico started being paranoid of people. Before this happened he was a chill and friendly guy. He is the heavy side. Doesn't seem to have done drugs of any kind. Occasionally drinks. He would sit in his car and stare at people thinking that they might harm him or stock him. Now the situation has gotten much worse. He doesn't respond at all and is kind of in a trance. The symptoms got a lot worse within a week but he had glimpses of this behavior for 6 to 7 months. The parents have to dress him and feed. He verbalized seen Demonic hallucinations when he was more verbal. The MRI and blood work came out normal. They don't know what's wrong with him. The parents think someone might have done witchcraft on him. I haven't personally seen him and can't verify this claims. I can only go by what my family has told me. While I'm Christian I don't automatically jump to that conclusion. I do believe in demonic possession in very very extreme cases. I'm thinking Schizophrenia but he has multiple brain scans and the doctor seems to rule that out. Maybe because is too early to diagnose it? What do you guys think?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Hello, 

The membership of allnurses may not provide or request medical advice. Questions should be referred to your cousin's health care team. Best wishes.

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