Hi, I'm new here and haven't read much.
I'm sorry, but I'd be thrilled for any
help someone can offer.
Here's the situation. I live with my
boyfriend, his sister and their mom. His
mom is bi-polar, from what I've been told.
She's been institutionalized in the past,
but she only gets bad very rarely. Every 4
- 6 years or so. Again, this is all
second-hand information from him and his
sister.
Two days ago, she went from being
completely fine to.. not well. At all. She
hasn't slept for 2+ days. She goes from
crying to peaches and cream to intense
rage in the span of minutes. She doesn't
remember little things from one minute to
the next. She has no concept of cold
(we're in MI and it feels somewhere around
10 degrees right now), earlier she was
walking outside without a jacket and keeps
opening doors and windows. She jumps from
thought to thought and can't keep up with
them. As of right now, she's been in a
rage since about 3pm. To the point where
she's making things up to be mad at (she
started yelling at the top of her lungs
that someone had locked her out of her
bedroom, but the door was just closed. She
was positively assured the entire house
smelled of gas and that my boyfriend had
left the stove on. He hadn't and it
didn't, but it led to a 10 minute
scream-fest with her spewing insults at
him. Now it has 'calmed down' to her just
manically running about the house while
stomping/throwing things around). But in
the middle of her yelling, she'll just
randomly start laughing. There's more, but
you get the idea.
What I find to be the most scary about
this all is she won't/can't acknowledge
that anything different is happening. If
you try and tell her it is, or that
something is wrong, she talks right over
you or pretends you didn't say anything.
She insists everything is fine and we're
the ones being crazy. I'm told that in the
past, while in the thick of this, if any
kind of authority is called she behaves
perfectly normal and tells them she has no
idea why her children would do this. Thus,
our hands are completely tied when it
comes to getting her help and getting her
well again.
Sorry if this is jumbled, I'm just so
stressed out right now. I've never dealt
with, or seen, anything like this. It's
frightening, especially because right now
her rage is focused on me. Anything you
can offer would be an immense help. Thank
you.
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antigone
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Posted: 02-12-08 21:28pm
It sounds like she is having difficulty
with her bipolar disorder. Her son could
contact her doctor and seek advice. If she
is a threat to anyone or herself she can
be forced into treatment. Unfortunately,
there is not much you can do to make her
take her medication or go to the doctor
for a medication review.
Is she currently taking medication? Can
one of her children contact the doctor
that prescribed the medication and seek
further assistance?
Sorry this is not more helpful.
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cityofhearts
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 02-12-08 21:33pm
She's not on meds. That's our problem
right now, she's not a threat to anyone.
She's just.. out of her mind.
I'm going to ask his sister about
contacting her old doctors tomorrow since
my boyfriend was too young to deal with
that aspect the last time this happened.
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antigone
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Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 918 Location: IL
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Posted: 02-14-08 01:54am
Yikes! No meds. This is problematic. She
really needs the assistance of a doctor. I
wish I had more to offer you. This I will
say - if she becomes dangerous, call 911
and get out of the situation. You need to
be safe. Self preservation should be
considered when violence enters the
picture. Sorry I can't offer more help.
Let us know how it goes.
