SeaofAttainment
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Assalamu Aleikum everybody,
This is my first post on TTI.I'm hoping that as my brothers and sisters you can give me some insight into this situation.My situation is thus:I've lived with my mother for a few years since my parents divorced.Throughout the years my mother has suffered from periods where she is mentally unwell.At times she's really quiet and uninterested in most things and lethargic.At other times,which are more rare,she has manic episodes where she believes the most unbelievable of things.For instance,once she was staring at the TV and was absolutely convinced that the people on TV were her.Or that she spoke to her mother in real life, not like a dream or something,when in fact my grandmother died before I was even born.At these times she can be awake for days, fixated on one thing or another.I can't really describe it well right now,but even the other people around us notice when she is in a psychotic state.After a particularly bad episode,she was prescribed anti-psychotic medication by the psychiatrist which were for indefinite use.However,I learnt recently that my mother stopped using the meds months ago without my knowledge.When I asked her why she kept telling me that Allah cured her and that she didn't need it.At first I was against this but I thought I should just trust in Allah and leave her alone.However,the last two weeks I've noticed that she seems different and that some of her earlier symptoms seem to be reoccurring.I'm not sure what to do.I don't want to involve my father since they're divorced and my mum would dislike him being involved or any of her friends.At the same time I don't want to ignore the situation until she ends up having a full-blown manic episode where she loses touch with reality.I still trust in Allah but I think should be doing something instead of just sitting and worrying.
I hope somebody can relate or give me advice.
This is my first post on TTI.I'm hoping that as my brothers and sisters you can give me some insight into this situation.My situation is thus:I've lived with my mother for a few years since my parents divorced.Throughout the years my mother has suffered from periods where she is mentally unwell.At times she's really quiet and uninterested in most things and lethargic.At other times,which are more rare,she has manic episodes where she believes the most unbelievable of things.For instance,once she was staring at the TV and was absolutely convinced that the people on TV were her.Or that she spoke to her mother in real life, not like a dream or something,when in fact my grandmother died before I was even born.At these times she can be awake for days, fixated on one thing or another.I can't really describe it well right now,but even the other people around us notice when she is in a psychotic state.After a particularly bad episode,she was prescribed anti-psychotic medication by the psychiatrist which were for indefinite use.However,I learnt recently that my mother stopped using the meds months ago without my knowledge.When I asked her why she kept telling me that Allah cured her and that she didn't need it.At first I was against this but I thought I should just trust in Allah and leave her alone.However,the last two weeks I've noticed that she seems different and that some of her earlier symptoms seem to be reoccurring.I'm not sure what to do.I don't want to involve my father since they're divorced and my mum would dislike him being involved or any of her friends.At the same time I don't want to ignore the situation until she ends up having a full-blown manic episode where she loses touch with reality.I still trust in Allah but I think should be doing something instead of just sitting and worrying.
I hope somebody can relate or give me advice.