bit of back story, My MIL is bi-polar, has been diagnosed for 26 years. My DH knows more about it these things but she is a severe case.
She has been on lithium for years, lowering the dosage but coping, she came off all medication last year (changed DR so she could) we have moved in with her over the years as we lived close and she is very dependent on my DH (hes an oly child, shes divorced and has lost both her parents and her brother who took care of her in the past) when she has been up or down, nothing since the last year,
to cut a long story short she has been on a huge high for about a year, blowing alot of her money and generally doing manic things, the DR just askes if shes coping, she says yes and she is pushed no further (in reality she has been a royal pita doing things she "knows" are manic, but wont get help for, cant blame her, she was having fun at the time.(eg- essential giving her house away and DH and i having to control her accounts and go for power of atorney)
so for about 3 weeks the biggest low has hit her. We now live 3 hours away from her. The crisis team have been "supporting her" but are shit. they dont turn up when they say they will, sometimes not at all. Her DR isnt monitoring her at all and her medication is now unsuitible for her on a low. This resulted on her taking a massive overdose yesterday.
luckily, and only by chance, she was found and is alive. DH is still in the hospital with her now. He is sitting in with the DR's consultation. She is upset the overdose didnt work and told the doctor she wants to die.she says she feels dead to this world already and shes had enough. She will try this again. This is the 1st time she has ever attempted suicide, she has never gone this far before and has been in mental health institutions (by her choice) in the past. THE DR HAS JUST DISTCHARGED HER AS MENTALLY STABLE, DH WAS THERE, SHE TOLD THE DR!!! SHE IS IN A BAD WAY, ITS AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF PILLS SHE TOOK DIDNT KILL HER LESS THAN 24HOUS AGO. dh took the dr to one side, told him thatb she has no support, she will be left on her own and has never been this bad ect. The DR said that in his opinion shes fine. The crisis team should of been there hours ago, they are our last hope to help her (DH and her thinks she should go into a hospital) they have now kicked DH out of the ward as visiting hours are over for the next hour, DH has stressed that he must be there when she is seen by them, the head nurse said she will ring him "if she can" i get that they are busy and overstretched and strikes ect going on toworrow, i do sympathise but we need them to help us. Just a missed call from the ward so he can come in form the carpark (where hes standing for an hour to try and catch them) if they dont help and shes discharged tonight, We beleive she will be dead by christmas. Please help us, where do we go from here? who can we call? we have always been her carers, but this has now got bigger than we can handle. Im 17 weeks pg with our 1st child, DH starts his super promotion on friday. We need help. MIL is in south yorkshie if that makes a difference