Will my mom ever be normal again considering she had a mental breakdown and thinks that everyone's against her


Question:
My mom has just lost it the past couple of months and i need help to maybe get her help. Well.. she thinks that everybody is against her, but no one is, and everytime we tell her, she still thinks all of these crazy thoughts. She randomly thinks that the cops are going to arrest her but they are never going to and she threatens to go down the the police station and turn herself in for nothing. It's really pathetic to live with this, she won't take her medicine and everytime I ask her to drive me some place like to go bowling or something, she thinks that the cops are going to arrest her. She has a totally warped view on life right now, and can somebody please help me / give me advice on how to maybe get her a little help without going to a professional.. because we already did and it's not working. This isn't the full story, this is just what i could type, it's about 99% of it though.

Answers:
what do you mean "normal again", there is no normal.

Do you mean culturally consistent. People don't have "mental breakdowns" they have actuo-emotional plateaus. Whatever happened to her she "clued in" to something - not flipped out. Be positive not negative.

Medications can be bad for people they throw their neurochemical balances out of whack - if she is taking then not taking medication here and there THAT CAN BE VERY BAD. Because the medication supplements natural checmicals in the body so if she becomes dependent on them then her body won't produce them as much or create defenses to them which will cause great chemical imbalances thus potential logical imbalances.

Let her do what she would like - she is an adult - if she isn't doing anything illegal that is her choice - and if she is - then that is her choice too - try to talk to her about it - or maybe you can say you became a special police officer and you are investigating her case (or someone you know that she doesn't) - then you can try to end the delusion by giving her clemency or setting up a mock court in a rented city hall room or some other place. (to steer the issue perhaps away from the actual police station) If she has coherence in memory then retraining the neural system may end the delusion - this is a guess but it is worth a try IMO. I strongly do not think people are crazy - they have actual neurological (sane) reasons for having delusions, other people may not identify with them though. You can't see inside her head but you can try to understand her thought process a little more.

Be her friend and be there for her - don't try to control her.


AGREE WITH HER

if you havn't taken that medicine don't think it is good. Lots of mental health medicine IS REALLY BAD AND REALLY MESSES UP THOUGHT PROCESSES. THE MEDICINE LIKELY IS BAD AND WILL CAUSE BAD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SIDE EFFECTS.


p.s. if you can't stop the delusion you may beable to remake it - so that it is healthy instead of "crazy". Perhap you can get a 'almost real' message from the special police that her mission is to drive you to x place then go home and wait for further orders.
You really need to talk to someone in your family. Is there a dad? An aunt? Uncle? Someone you can talk to who can help you get your mother into treatment---and take care of you, if you need it.

If you are a minor, the only other thing that could happen is to have the police come and take her to a hospital if you are not being care for correctly and it doesn't sound like you really are. Please talk to a family member.ASAP. You really don't want to have to involve the police.
Honey, it sounds like she has an imbalance in her chemicals...if you can give her a vitamin/minerals complex it might help...you can slip it into her food or drink...also why not let her go to the police and see what happens..this might calm her down if she realizes that it is just ficticious.but go to the police first and explain to them what is going on so that they can have a certian officer to talk to her..this way it is governed and they realize she is unstable...they will help. When she realizes the cops are not against her she might pop back into reality...its happened before in similar cases...sneak her meds to her if you can..I feel for you it is so hard to deal with someone like this...and it to be your mom, I would not enable her to have crazy thoughts, calmly explain what is truth and not to her..even if she acts crazy at the time she will hear it and it will sink in...I would bring her to a place of worship and ask for the preacher to pray over her...God can heal all things...hope it helps
Oh my goodness .. you need to call someone NOW!

Call her doctor. If you don't know who that is, then call the emergency room at your hospital and ask to talk to the psych on call.
when, i still believe in God in every situation of life. fisrtly, did your mother believe in God? if she believe let get stated:the only solution of i know very well, is that jesus christ is the mater peace. he is the only one who can give her rest of mind from every stress of life. he said come unto me all ye that labour and i will give you rest, he said my peace i give to you, my peace i give to you not as the word giveth, giveth i unto you. let not your heart be trouble neither let it be affraid ye believe in God. is only your trust back up with intence prayer that garanty her rest from that perticular situation. if you will start praying now i believe God will thouch her and give her rest. god bless you
Hi,
Your mother is struggling right now. However, it is not a reflection upon you or the rest of the family. Since she is an adult and chooses not to take the medication and still these odd thinking patterns, let her be. She will have to figure this out on her own, to decide to get better, take the medication, see professionals and get better. It is her choice though.
As long as she is not in danger of hurting herself or others then you are going to just have to let her figure this all out.
Do not get sucked in all of it though. Be assertive.
Sounds like schizophrenia.
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