So I have a mom with bipolar disorder. She is also a percentage

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So I have a mom with bipolar disorder. She is also a percentage of people with bipolar that experience hallucinations, voices, and delusions of grandeur.

It used to be easier when she was younger, but as my mom gets older, she has been having at least one episode every year.

And we know what causes her to start becoming manic, which brings along the voices and delusions, and my mom will just snowball into a manic mess (refusing to take medications, saying really hurtful things to us that are a part of her delusions, hearing voices, trying to hurt herself or hurt others, etc.) until we have to call paramedics to get my mom in the mental hospital before she does something illegal.

Sleep is probably the biggest thing and what has played a role this time. My mom made some new friends. They went to Vegas on a weekend trip. My mom didn't sleep for like three days.

And now we are here, at the tip of the iceberg, if my family and I don't attempt to stop it, the next 3-4 months are going to be hell. And by hell I mean, here's my mom's symptoms

>she starts telling us she is God, and painfully responsible for all the cancer and child molesters of the world, everything is her fault and she hates having to send people to hell
>if I come to visit her, she'll pull me aside and whisper in my ear, that she thinks my brother of raping her pets
>at it's worst, she'll say she is planning to kill one of us (me and my siblings) or herself on God's behalf because she says voices are telling her we are Satan's children.


I have called her therapist and psych before and spoken to them about my mom, several times throughout my life. It seems to get worse. Because then the psych ups her meds, which pisses off my mom because then she thinks the government is shutting down her mind or other delusional thoughts, then she refuses to take them, and the break down is worsened and faster.

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