COVID-19

[Drunk Monk]

I've been meaning to post this here. Because I'm the psych supervisor for Rock Med, I get fellow vols reaching out with their psychological issues. It's kinda weird because I only play a psych counselor at concerts, but there you have it. 

This was from a vol that I haven't seen or had contact with in 5+ years. She sent it right after T-day

Hey Gene, I thought I had your phone number but I don't.  I need some help and I thought of you first.  So my sister had COVID in March of 2020, then she had (still has) long COVID which causes her problems breathing and her heart races up to 150 BPM, she has autoimune stuff going on.  Her symptoms are numerous and I can't list all of them.  Well she l;ost her job recently  because of all this.  She was the main bread winner.  That is putting an enourmous strain on her and it is maefestng as delusional disorder.  I am not 100% but that is what I came up with after dong some research.  She thinks her email has been hacked and her FB and Instagram.  She thinks her bank was hacked.  She thinks people are listening in on her conversatiuons.  We keep making an appointment for her with a pysciatrist and she keeps canceling it and I do not know what to do.  DO you have any advice?  She thinks there is nothing wrong with her and we do not understand.  When you ask her who she thinks hacked her she mentions a company she used to work for.  I jsut do not know what to do.  She is scaring her boys and her husband.  If possible could you call me?  My number is 415-8XXX-XXXX or you can also message me here.  Sorry to dump all this on you.  Prior to COVID my sister was a healthy, active person.  No each day she is significantly worse.  We need to nip this in the bud as soon as possible.  Please help!

I'm sharing this for no real reason other than to reinforce the impact of the pandemic in my circles. We've been in communication, and her sister is now on a 7 day psych hold for 'delusional disorder', and her mom is with her.