You have my sympathies. Could be that your son is not hiding and listening but has very sharp hearing. Jeffrey is like that. No talking around the kitchen table around Christmas time about what you are getting him that year. Because even if he is asleep, the next day he will tell you what was said. I also have a brother that has bipolar, along with schizophrenic type episodes. Also very delusional thinking at times. So now I have to watch out for signs of it in Gabe and quite possibly Jeffrey. But how could she sue you? Its not like you made up anything about her condition. Or maybe I am thinking to logical at the moment, lol. Please keep us posted.
Tammy
Oh Linda! We're here for you! Vent away... we will listen. I can only imagine how hard it is to deal with. My oldest has ODD and major depression... she is possibly bi polar. Its a rollercoaster ride to say the least. I hope she takes her meds and starts doing better. Hang in there and know we are here to listen and lend support.Hello my Friends,
OH BOY has this been a TRYING couple of weeks!! As most of you already know, Thursday June 2nd, my oldest Daughter's case managers called me to tell me that if I didn't have her committed to the mental ward in the hospital, that she'd be arressted for her behavior & probably kicked off the section 8 program that helps her pay her rent. She's schizophrenic, & bi polar just to name a couple of her diagnosis.She hasn't been on her meds in over a year, & is really delusional about EVERYTHING & EVERYONE. She thinks her neighbors are all talking about her, her 5 y/o Daughter & her newborn Son. So she went downstairs to her neighbor's apartment at 3:00am threatening them with a bat!! They called the police, she wasn't arrested though, the police only took her bat away & told her to go back to her place. That happened a couple of weeks ago. So the neighbors then called their landlord & complained, who in turn called my Daughter's case managers who in turned called me. But what they told me wasn't true... They told me that all I had to do was to go to the mental facility to sign one piece of paper, then they'd take it from there..they also told me that it would be kept strictly confidential. Well, not only did I have to fill out a BUNCH of papers & go into detail about her behavior, but I also had to take the papers to the Judge for him to sign. Then it took them until the NEXT evening to go get her when they told ME that it was an EMERGENCY to get her into the hospital the day I signed the papers! Then when the police had her in handcuffs, she asked them who signed the paper, well the first thing out of one of the police officer's mouths was "Your MOM"!! I couldn't BELIEVE they TOLD her when they told ME that it would be kept CONFIDENTIAL!!! Then, when she got to the hospital she was nothing but horrible to all of them, she refused to be treated with her meds, refused to talk to anyone, & she cursed them! She called me asking WHY I'd done it to her, well of course I was honest... I told her that she's very delusional & can't take care of HERSELF let alone her newborn baby. I begged her to just do what they asked of her & to accept her meds, but she REFUSED & cursed me as well. Then she called me back & told me that she was going to sue ME & anyone else who had anything to do with her being committed. She also told me that she was going to have me arressted for kidnapping, because I'm taking care of her newborn. You see she doesn't have custody or rights to her 5 y/o Daughter because the other grandparents illegally adopted her behind all our backs about 3 yrs ago.So now we're only allowed to see her 3 times a yr for 2 hours each visit at the other grandparents' home with their supervision. So anyway, I tried to go to CPS (Child Protection Service) so that I can take of my my new Grandson when my Daughter gets out of the hospital, but they said that unless my Daughter is abusive or neglectful to my grandson, they wouldn't step in!! I told them, I'm not trying to keep her son from her, but she is NOT capable of caring for him right now, but they said that they couldn't help me!!But she called me today to tell me that she IS taking her meds now & cooperating with them at the hospital. But I don't trust her as far as I could throw her. I think she's just doing that stuff until she gets out, then she'll be back to trying to sue me & hating me. She'd also told me a couple of days ago, that she would put my grandson up for adoption so that I would never see him again...She hasn't mentioned it again, so I don't know if she's still trying to hatch that scheme or not. Tony, my HFA (9y/o) Son has been asking questions about why his sister is being so mean, & why she doesn't want the baby to stay here anymore. I didn't even know that he was listening to our conversations about her, he's never in the room when we talk about it! I guess he hides & listens. But I tried to tell him as gently as possible that she is just sick, but if she keeps taking her meds, she'll be a happier person. So Sorry this is so long... I haven't posted in a few days, so I thought I'd let y'all know what's happening... and it's not over...I'll try to keep y'all posted!
THANX FOR "LISTENIN" Y'ALL