I need some advice/help with my mother (mental illness)?

My mom is 57, and about 6 months ago (when she found out my dad had brain cancer) she has been acting really weird.





some examples are- talking to herself, she thinks a twin lives inside her, forgetting where she put things, she turned to the bible, she thought she was god for awhile, she hardly sleeps maybe 3 hours a night, quit her job not caring about where the money is going to come from, thinks she owns the apt that her and my dad live, she says she hates my dad, she talks to herself but its another person she thinks she is sometimes, thinks she was a radio dj for awhile, she thought that someone was watching her through the comp, tv, ipod, radio, and billboards, she thinks that my 2 karen'trent my fiances she says they are my dads, she thinks my dad hawife'sifes... there is so much more that is going on with her but its way too much to type...





She has been to 3 different hospitals and the Dr.s there say that she has bi-polar disorder caused by stThat's.. Thats it!!! i was 100% sure it was schizophrenia. But according to them she is too old to get it. My older sister and aunt have been diagnosed as schizophrenic. isn'tAnd she isnt taking her pills and if you ask her if she did she gets really upset and yells ';yes i have and its none oBusinessamn buisness';





psychiatrist her phyciatrist and she lowered the dosage... My momin frontt normal infront of certain people.





i really need some help. i was wondering if there is any other place i can go to get her evaluated... i am in CA and the only time you get taken into one of the mental health hospitals, either you sign yourself in or the police take you... we have done both.. the longest hospitalization was 3 weeks...





My mom needs to take her meds and no one can force her.. My dad is in really bad shape, since my mom has been acting like this my dad has gotten so much worse (health wise) his cancer has spread, he never smiles, he is heart broken for what has happened to my mom and by what my mom has been saying to/about him.





i really want my mom to get better, because who knows how long my dad has to live. And i know my dad wants my mom back before he passes.





I need HELP!I need some advice/help with my mother (mental illness)?



Best advise i can give is what i got from a member of yahoo answers, first join a support group and take your dad also, it will help to be with people with similar problems, and they will also be able to advice you which Dr. to see and any other thing you may need.





My mother is schizophrenic and displays almost the similar symptoms as you mention your mom has, i suggest you also try taking to the Doctor again and explain that the medications he has given does not seem to be helping and if possible take a second opinion.





Lastly i would like to say take care, God never gives us more than we can handle, will keep you in my prayers.





God bless you with strength to pass through these tough timesI need some advice/help with my mother (mental illness)?
I am really, really sorry. I truly am. I know how you feel. Last January, my mom got brain cancer also and she had something like a stroke and she can't use her whole right side now. She calls me her brother's name and my dad her other brother's name. She has been going to therapy and all we can do is hope and pray. I am 13, so I can't really give you too much advice on the medical part of it but my mom went to the Cedars-Sinai hosptital in Los Angeles and that was a very good one for brain stuff. Other than that I can just tell you too be patient and that she is in my prayers. Good luck. -Sam
Hey,





it's really hard to be able to advise you without being familiar with your systems over there. It sounds to me like yeah, she is schizophrenic and you need support. I'm so, so sorry that your dad has brain cancer and that you are having to deal with this situation.





I've had experience directly and indirectly with a few different people who had schizophrenia. I really want to give you some kind of useful advice but it's hard to know where to start, because if your mum won't take her meds then she might not get better and then your dad will be without her when it's his time.





All I know is that some people who have schizophrenia are really lovely people, and that others have ultimately been regarded by their children as a loss to cut, because their behaviour was just impenetrable. I had two different friends whose mums had had schizophrenia. One of my friends had been raised by her dad, her mother apparently had schizophrenia. It was sad when one day my friend said she saw her mum, who lives in an institution, in a snack bar and... I'm not really sure if she said anything to her mum or not. Her mum apparently believed in an alien abduction conspiracy and believed in green humanoids called ';The E-Men'; and went on about them all the time. Another friend hated her mother, this friend didn't have a dad, and she had similar stories. Basically chronic delusions resulting in all sorts of unpleasant and aggressive behaviour. The sad thing is that medication isn't always effective and when it is, it can dull all emotion. Another friend of mine recently had a housemate who was a really lovely guy, and then one day he was barking at the television and thought that people were involved in a conspiracy where they were going to come out of the television at him. And in the end, his friend called the cops on him. He hadn't been taking his medication. They took him away...





It sounds like your mum could use a really awesome specialist, but it's hard to know where to find one. It also sounds like your dad definitely needs some support as well in terms of what he is dealing with your mum.





I can only wish you the best of luck and I'll try to see if I can track down some web links that I found useful in relation to this issue.