Psychosis

Has anyone ever experienced someone they knew slipping into Psychosis? Like hard?

So, I was out on a motorcycle ride late yesterday evening, when we passed what appeared to be my best friend from Middle School through about 15 years ago. Looked jyst like him. And he waved.. So, I split off from our group and circle back. He seems normal at first. He's an Aquarius so he's always been a little off-kilter anyway, but harmless. I knew he'd went through a divorce. I knew he was having a rough time, which is why i stopped instead of calling after our ride.

He invites me in. We sit down and talk. Hes super extatic that im there. Says he hasnt spoke to anyone in 11 months. Not his family, friends, nobody outside his kids have been inside his home for 11 months. This guy has always been very social. His social battery rarelyneeded charged. Then he goes and get a shit ton of weed from a cabinet. He's grinding it up, stops, goes to his fridge and pulls out a bottle with a dropper. I ask what its is, and he explains its basically where the hes been soaking Marijuana in Everclear to get the THC from the weed with EC being the solvent. Ive been pretty open about my doing dope when i was younger- and he and I used to party hard. We had parties every day while I was in college. Im talking pounds of wee a week.. Then i ODed and died, and i stopped.. because im not retarded. That was a lesson to learn, and I dont have a learning disability. But taht was way before we last talked. He knows this. He's acting like we about to throw down like old times.

Then he opens up about his divorce and what all went down. And that escalated into a wild story where you could tell he was traumatized. Hes telling me he had suspected she had cheated with all his friends, so he bought security cameras that are hard wired - not the app kind like Blink or Ring, hardwired cameras, to see if he was right. Then tells me he took a shower, got out, was on his couch in his underwear and a link popped up on his phone. He clicked it, it took him to a porn site, and the video was a live feed of him in his underwear on his couch. He said women were commenting asking where he lived, and that made him paranoid. The. Something about a weird prostitutiom ring his ex wife was involved in, where Dine-in meant they went to your house, and takeout meant you go to theirs (she worked in the food industry), there were 43 apps involved in this ring, one was a Weather App.. he said the weather app had dots and they moved around his house and he watched them drive by at the same time the dot showed up where his house was on the map. He said he went through 12 phoned in 6 weeks because people were watching him. He was having a hard time keeping his thoughts on track.

There was so much crazy he was talking about. And he was getting blitzed the whole time.

I snatched him up, gave him a big hug, made sure he had my number because he's went through 12 phones.. Ive had the same personal cell number since 1998, at this point its a war of attrition. At like 3 am im riding back to my place, running all this through my head.. i cant help but think he's actually in some form of psychosis. But, like what can.i do? Anything? Hes not going to seek help. Hes going to do what he's always done - more drugs. More drugs are just going to make it worse. I mean, I could probably get him thrown in jail where he can have a shot at sobering up, but he hasnt done anything to warrant a long enough time to sober him up, and he'd know it was me because he hadnt spoken to anyone else in 11 months. Which I think would probably have the opposite effect that im aiming for. He acknowledged being on TikTok and making a comment that apparently had like 100K comments back that he said he admitted came of psychotic, and he was thankful she didnt tag him, but it was his comment, so maybe he'd do it? I told he needed to see someone, and he was wasnt hearing it. Even told him I had been for a few months now, thinking that would lighten up any machismo . But he has guns, he's told me he stalked a few guys he found in her phone. Everything about last night was concerning to.me. but I dont know where to start. And him being social prior, a lot of people know him, and know he's been having a tough time, and know we are friends, so if I ask anyone I know, its going to be transparent of who im talking about.

Any suggestions?

wellness check. Idk how it works over there but get police to do wellness check, and they can link to mental health services if they suspect he needs it.