Dealing with paranoia / mental health

[CherryBerryChapstick]

So I’m not sure if this is strictly AIBU but posting hear for traffic.

My DM has mental health issues - anxiety, depression & severe paranoia although no official diagnosis because of mistrusting health professionals & therefore will not co-operate. Refuses to meet with mental health professionals or take any medication. Seems to come in waves, can be quite aggressive (not physically) when feeling threatened etc

I suppose I’m just wondering has anybody any experience of dealing with this? My heart breaks for her

GP visit is a good start. Professionals will do very little to intervene without her consent and cooperation, unless she is deemed to lack capacity. At this point only you people that she trust can encourage her to seek and cooperate with professionals. .....

My dm is a paranoid schizophrenic and has regular episodes where she thinks people are trying to kill us and the grand children plus other things.

Tbh your dm does need professional help, as mentioned her gp is a good start but can appreciate how hard it is to get her to see the gp because my mum's the same. When the docs do eventually visit she down plays everything. Mh is something that won't get better on its own and it will eventually get worse

I'm not going to lie, I've found the mental health team extremely frustrating. My mum tried to get into a primary school because in her head she could hear one of us crying in there (we're all adults) and she was trying to get to us. She was also found wondering the streets in the middle of the night in her nighty carrying a hammer because again someone was in her house trying to kill her. These weren't good enough to get her sectioned. Even after her neighbours rang the police on her multiple times they still wouldn't do anything. She did eventually get sectioned a few months later as she completely stopped talking and would pace the kitchen all day and night without sleeping. She still has a lot of episodes now and meds don't seem to help her anymore. She hasn't been 'mum' for a long time but I think that is a combo of not taking her meds and the professionals taking a long time to sort her out each time

Good luck op, hope your mum gets the help she need

Yes my ex had was a paranoid schizophrenic . He thought everyone was actors/actresses and wouldn't get any help. In the end he was sectioned.

Is this a recent change? How old is she? Is she also forgetting things more? Could she be having UTIs?