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April 3, 2006, 8:42 am PDT

I don't know a whole lot

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I don't even know where to start.  I know this is a bipolar msg board, but it's as close as I could get.  My mom has been suffering from schizophrenia for as long as I can remember.  But, within the past 2 years has dramatically gotten worse.  She thinks that everyone is out to get her, including me.  I don't know what to do anymore.  I can't even talk to her because all she does is yell at me and say very hurtfull things.  She was admitted to a mental hospital for the first time about 3 weeks ago because she made comments to her psychiatrist about killing herself.  She blames me that she was put into the hospital because I was the one who drove her to her appointment.  So, she automatically thinks that I signed papers to have her committed.  They only held her for 72 hours and then let her out.  She has called me and emailed me saying very mean things that she cannot believe I did this to her.  I have told her 100 times that I had nothing to do with it, but she has no ability to reason whatsoever.  I am so angry that she thinks I am this horrible person because I know I am not, and I know I didn't do anything wrong.  It is getting really hard for me to see past the illness and realize it is not really her that is saying these things.  I can't even talk to her because all she does is yell and criticize me, so I am really confused about what I am supposed to do.  Do I just give up on her because I don't know how much longer I can take the abuse or do I just keep letting her get to me?  I am also worried because I have a 12 year old brother who lives with her and I do not believe she can take care of him because she can't even take care of herself.  She is not on any meds for schizophrenia and refuses to believe that she even has it.  If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it.  I am at the end of my rope.
about schizophrenia but I do know you can't give up on your mother because you have a brother who needs help. You are right, your mother cannot take care of herself and she certainly can't take care of a child. You need to monitor the situation and if it becomes dangerous you need to put your mother back into the hospital and makes sure she stays there until she gets on medication that will give her some stability. Your brother needs you. And so does your mother.
 
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