Laura Craciun

And so by the time he reached senior year, he was already acting so bizarrely that we had the suspicions confirmed and he had to be forced into a hospitalization during the middle of his senior year in high school.

So I was dealing with how to handle his illness when it came about in a stronger way at age 20 with less experience because his bipolar also included psychotic features and I never had those. My family wasn't familiar with it either.

So I was dealing with how to handle his illness when it came about in a stronger way at age 20 with less experience because his bipolar also included psychotic features and I never had those. My family wasn't familiar with it either.

So I was dealing with how to handle his illness when it came about in a stronger way at age 20 with less experience because his bipolar also included psychotic features and I never had those. My family wasn't familiar with it either.

He had been smoking marijuana and they say that marijuana induces mania and psychosis to such a degree that it could actually instigate a stronger form of the illness.

He had been smoking marijuana and they say that marijuana induces mania and psychosis to such a degree that it could actually instigate a stronger form of the illness.

He had been smoking marijuana and they say that marijuana induces mania and psychosis to such a degree that it could actually instigate a stronger form of the illness.

Well, I got a phone call from a friend's parent, a father, and he was concerned for my son. He said, I think he's not well, just like my own family member. And I can't find him. He's missing. He used to be staying with us. And that's when I made a call out to my friends and community to help me find him. He had disappeared with no word to his friends or anyone where he was.

Well, I got a phone call from a friend's parent, a father, and he was concerned for my son. He said, I think he's not well, just like my own family member. And I can't find him. He's missing. He used to be staying with us. And that's when I made a call out to my friends and community to help me find him. He had disappeared with no word to his friends or anyone where he was.

Well, I got a phone call from a friend's parent, a father, and he was concerned for my son. He said, I think he's not well, just like my own family member. And I can't find him. He's missing. He used to be staying with us. And that's when I made a call out to my friends and community to help me find him. He had disappeared with no word to his friends or anyone where he was.

And a search and rescue went on and dogs and all kinds of police investigation and interviews happened. And for three months, we were certain we'd lost him forever. When he came back, I would normally think that you'd be relieved, but I actually began the bigger nightmare when he came back because he was so different looking and acting than anything I'd been familiar with him before.

And a search and rescue went on and dogs and all kinds of police investigation and interviews happened. And for three months, we were certain we'd lost him forever. When he came back, I would normally think that you'd be relieved, but I actually began the bigger nightmare when he came back because he was so different looking and acting than anything I'd been familiar with him before.

And a search and rescue went on and dogs and all kinds of police investigation and interviews happened. And for three months, we were certain we'd lost him forever. When he came back, I would normally think that you'd be relieved, but I actually began the bigger nightmare when he came back because he was so different looking and acting than anything I'd been familiar with him before.

So I think the summer of July 2022, he was in and out of psychosis, which is a strange behavior that can drift in and out without any warning. So it's very disconcerting. And it was shocking. So we had a difficult time getting a grasp on how to handle it. And we tried our emergency services and behavioral health lines and crisis lines.

So I think the summer of July 2022, he was in and out of psychosis, which is a strange behavior that can drift in and out without any warning. So it's very disconcerting. And it was shocking. So we had a difficult time getting a grasp on how to handle it. And we tried our emergency services and behavioral health lines and crisis lines.

So I think the summer of July 2022, he was in and out of psychosis, which is a strange behavior that can drift in and out without any warning. So it's very disconcerting. And it was shocking. So we had a difficult time getting a grasp on how to handle it. And we tried our emergency services and behavioral health lines and crisis lines.

Nobody seemed to help us really get him the treatment he needed. In fact, a hospital turned us away when we brought him to the ER because they said, well... You know, he can be crazy, but if he's not a harm to himself or others, then we can't keep him here.

Nobody seemed to help us really get him the treatment he needed. In fact, a hospital turned us away when we brought him to the ER because they said, well... You know, he can be crazy, but if he's not a harm to himself or others, then we can't keep him here.

Nobody seemed to help us really get him the treatment he needed. In fact, a hospital turned us away when we brought him to the ER because they said, well... You know, he can be crazy, but if he's not a harm to himself or others, then we can't keep him here.

Well, we attempted 16 times with police and ERs. Then at one point, the police had to come to the house. There were eight EMT professionals that were called in because he kept pointing at everyone saying, you know, look at me, look at me. Because he believed he could control you with his eyes. And he was saying things like, I'm faster than a speeding bullet. And he was acting psychotic.