she's been on them for years, and they usually work. i just don't think that you can necessarily take her word for it or her daughter's word when her daughter is 9, can be coached, and would say or do anything her mom told her to (even though her mom is not actually her legal guardian). can you take the word-for-it of someone who is clearly over-the-edge? if she was taking her meds, they weren't working. i mean, i looked up psychotic breaks and fugue states after I came home from picking up the car. this was one.
my mom is accompanying her around now. i mean, no more than two feet away at all times. she seems to be doing somewhat better, but she definitely can't be alone (despite my unease at having her here, with the pets and stuff, who I was mostly worried she'd "set free" - she won't). I think this situation was too stressful for her and something between "vacations are stressful" and her sleep schedule being disrupted (she's a morning person, we're night persons) and the magnetic allure of silly "xian" attractions - when part of her pathology is a religious fervor - did it. & as for my mom - dude, she KNOWS Houseguest is bipolar, she KNOWS that this happening is always a possibility, although often remote. it's up to her to deal with her experience of it and to keep it out of her home, or not, as she so chooses. (this was a discussion we had before houseguest came, because I was concerned, and she was like, "oh, she's on meds". I replied, "yeah, but sometimes ppl randomly decide to stop taking their meds, and sometimes meds stop working, for whatever reason, and you have to be prepared for that possibility" - obviously, she was not prepared.)
anyway, I guess she was acting seriously bizarre (I think she scared the young deputy who picked her up) but didn't do anything illegal enough that they could hold her. & i guess that we will get her back to her family in one piece tomorrow and she'll get help and rest.
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Re: Oh no! =O
Date: 2003-04-28 03:19 pm (UTC)my mom is accompanying her around now. i mean, no more than two feet away at all times. she seems to be doing somewhat better, but she definitely can't be alone (despite my unease at having her here, with the pets and stuff, who I was mostly worried she'd "set free" - she won't). I think this situation was too stressful for her and something between "vacations are stressful" and her sleep schedule being disrupted (she's a morning person, we're night persons) and the magnetic allure of silly "xian" attractions - when part of her pathology is a religious fervor - did it. & as for my mom - dude, she KNOWS Houseguest is bipolar, she KNOWS that this happening is always a possibility, although often remote. it's up to her to deal with her experience of it and to keep it out of her home, or not, as she so chooses. (this was a discussion we had before houseguest came, because I was concerned, and she was like, "oh, she's on meds". I replied, "yeah, but sometimes ppl randomly decide to stop taking their meds, and sometimes meds stop working, for whatever reason, and you have to be prepared for that possibility" - obviously, she was not prepared.)
anyway, I guess she was acting seriously bizarre (I think she scared the young deputy who picked her up) but didn't do anything illegal enough that they could hold her. & i guess that we will get her back to her family in one piece tomorrow and she'll get help and rest.