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Dealing with parents mental illness

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shewontforgiveme · 04/03/2022 17:29

Posted a lot over xmas for support . My mum, 57, hasn’t been for a very long time but she’s now very very unwell (mental health) . I’m full time caring for her and studying at the same time .

The doctors are saying Mum needs to go into hospital for a couple of days for assessment, and she needs to start anti psychotic medication .

I’m scared, mum needs the help but I’m scared she’ll be upset at the thought of going into hospital, and she won’t be happy at all . She’s already very unhappy and I don’t want her to be even more frightened or worse, upset with me for allowing to happen .

I’ve got to start seeing a psychologist next week too, to run concurrently with mum’s help, which should help but I’m chewing through my lip with worry tonight. I don’t know how to best handle it all .

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Keepingthingsinteresting · 05/03/2022 19:27

Try not to worry OP. If she’s that poorly then going in must be the right thing. She might be upset, but hopefully will understand when she feels better. Take care.

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