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<blockquote data-quote="louise2350" data-source="post: 758042" data-attributes="member: 24632"><p>Miss Lulu: You are going through a lot and are under a lot of stress. I can see why that news story upset you so much. I have a sister who is mentally ill. It's a long story. She came to my place when she was 22 - I was 20 at the time and she had a very serious mental illness. She had just graduated from college and was saying really crazy things. I was very afraid of her and we were alone for hours while she was in this state of mind. I lived in another state when she was in college so I didn't know how bad off she was. My parents didn't know anything about what was going on with her either because back in the 70's mental illness wasn't really spoken about that much. This incident of seeing my sister that way, really affected me for a lifetime. I could never get out of my head how she was acting and being so young myself had no understanding of her illness. I felt so responsible for her. She was hospitalized for a few months, given the right medications and was getting good professional help. Years later, she stopped taking her medications. Her doctor had told her that she needed to be on the medications for life or that she'd get sick again. I never asked her what her doctor said about her diagnosis and I don't know if her dr. even told her, but I think she has bipolar (very serious case). She even received shock treatments while she was hospitalized at the age of 22. That was years ago . Her psychiatrist told her before he retired that she must find another dr. as he was retiring but she never did. I told this sister myself that she needs to get a dr. and get back on her medications but she never did. I haven't seen or heard from her in years and honestly I don't want to since she won't get the help she needs. My brother lives in the same town as this sister does and I heard from him she is really in another world. It breaks my heart and I do relate to you feeling as you do and worrying about your son. I don't know what else to say except be kind to yourself and God is with you in all of this although at times this is hard to believe. I do hope things get better for both you and your son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louise2350, post: 758042, member: 24632"] Miss Lulu: You are going through a lot and are under a lot of stress. I can see why that news story upset you so much. I have a sister who is mentally ill. It's a long story. She came to my place when she was 22 - I was 20 at the time and she had a very serious mental illness. She had just graduated from college and was saying really crazy things. I was very afraid of her and we were alone for hours while she was in this state of mind. I lived in another state when she was in college so I didn't know how bad off she was. My parents didn't know anything about what was going on with her either because back in the 70's mental illness wasn't really spoken about that much. This incident of seeing my sister that way, really affected me for a lifetime. I could never get out of my head how she was acting and being so young myself had no understanding of her illness. I felt so responsible for her. She was hospitalized for a few months, given the right medications and was getting good professional help. Years later, she stopped taking her medications. Her doctor had told her that she needed to be on the medications for life or that she'd get sick again. I never asked her what her doctor said about her diagnosis and I don't know if her dr. even told her, but I think she has bipolar (very serious case). She even received shock treatments while she was hospitalized at the age of 22. That was years ago . Her psychiatrist told her before he retired that she must find another dr. as he was retiring but she never did. I told this sister myself that she needs to get a dr. and get back on her medications but she never did. I haven't seen or heard from her in years and honestly I don't want to since she won't get the help she needs. My brother lives in the same town as this sister does and I heard from him she is really in another world. It breaks my heart and I do relate to you feeling as you do and worrying about your son. I don't know what else to say except be kind to yourself and God is with you in all of this although at times this is hard to believe. I do hope things get better for both you and your son. [/QUOTE]
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