My mother has been diagnosed with some sort of illness, it's close to schitzofrinia. She's mostly quite around people, trys to be alone most of the day and sometimes you can hear here talking out loud in jibirish. She has halucinations and when she speaks to any of us, she has this weird accent. It has been tough living with this, but she's our mom and we have to.
A Dr. has prescribed risperdal to us and it has worked magically. She is slowly getting back on track. The problem is, we put the medicine in some juice and she doesn't know that she's taking medication, because she thinks that she's fine. Since she got a little better, she went on a diet (she had already gained 40+ pounds since she got sick). Now she doesn't drink anything, we haven't given her the medicine for two weeks now. And she's getting worst.
The Dr. says there isn't another option, but I'm desperatly hoping there is. We can't mix it with soda or tea and that's all she drinks.
Anyone? Please!
2007-12-19 08:27:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Listen to your Doctor. There isn't another answer and it is quite probable you have been breaking the law giving her this medicine in this underhand way. I know it's tough but you have to wait until she gets sufficiently bad that (in the UK) she can be sectioned under the mental health act or whatever legal device there is in th U.S.A. Hopefully she'll actually get a little bit better and open to persuasion to take it. I've been through this. The best you can do is help keep them safe in the meantime, but there is no 100% way you can guarantee someone elses safety. So draw a boundary where your responsibility begins and ends and make sure the authorities, in this case the doctor stay informed of mothers state so they can't plead ingnorance at a later date if anything happens.
Good Luck. My thoughts are with you.
2007-12-19 08:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been schizophrenia paranoid for over 40 years. When the disease first affected me it took several years of suffering before someone (my mother) convinced me I was a different, more likable person, when I took my medications. It is hard for an afflicted person to admit there is something wrong with them or even if they know there is something wrong to believe a pill can correct it.
Your mother has been diagnosed by a physician and you got her to go to him/her didn't you. How did you accomplish that? Do it again. It is essential for a patient to realize they are ill and that the medications are for their own good so they can assume taking them on their own.
It is also important for a person to take their med's. as this is the best known way to bring on recovery. The only way in most states that one can force a person to take medication for a disease is to get them committed; to do this usually requires they be judged to be a danger to themselves or others. I know people do not like to do this to loved ones so expend all the effort you can to convince your mother that the medications are necessary for her to be the person you love.
Good luck in convincing her, good mental health, peace and Love!
2007-12-19 12:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a such thing called risperdal consta which is an injectable form. I think you'd have to travel to the hospital to have this done but it may work for right now. You may also be interested in the longer acting Invega which is extended release risperdal and looks similar to vitamins.
2007-12-20 12:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Andy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋