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Whether you are
young or old, your parent alive or deceased,
this Forum is dedicated to all those struggling families and
individuals trying to make sense of the insanity of a mentally
ill parent. Perhaps by sharing and exposing this typically
secret disorder we can together find solutions to this often
crippling and confusing condition that tends to stifle the whole
family, knowing that your not alone!
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Please keep in mind that the internet is a public place, and that
there are perpetrators
sometimes posing as victims seeking to mislead the unlearned.
Please try not to
reveal any personal information about yourself like where you
live, your real name,
school/collage you attend, or where you work. Sometimes this
Forum experiences
technical difficulties and is inaccessible, see backup board link
below.
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mentally ill
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disease
is real and not their fault. This research is also
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confusing what to do when he or she becomes ill,
particularly when there is no family support. I've outlined
some general guide lines that I hope might help in times of
crisis.
Parent not eating or sleeping.
Parent not taking his/her medications.
Parent under financial, family, or personal strain.
Parent self medicating with illegal drugs or alcohol.
Parent's behavior shifting to extremes and unpredictable.
Parent holding conversations or arguments with invisible
people.
Parent hallucinating with inanimate objects, table, wall,
etc.
Parent talking back to TV or radio for long periods of
time.
Emotions become intense such as fear, anger, joy,
laughter.
know
who to call and where to go when parent is in crisis
learn all you can about your parent's mental disorder
have doctor's name and phone number on hand
have mental health hospital crisis line number
find out about hospital admission protocol
Get safe, call support or call 911 or police.
Because of some mental illnesses; paranoia, distrust,
anger,
resentment, and imposing guilt are but mere characteristics
of the disease, try not to take rude comments or rude
behavior personal even when your parent is stabilized and
on
medication, this is where one must learn to step out of
child
role into adulthood. It's not easy and can often be frustrating.
Learning to care for yourself can be particularly challenging and
difficult, after your parent has had an episode, look for
help in
support groups, therapists, counselors, or church
leaders.
Because children of mentally ill parents are often neglected by
the medical community and finding support is rare,
because so
few people understand it's dynamics, nevertheless I've found
personal face to face support at Adult Children of
Alcoholics
they are a well known wide spread support group, for more
information click here. Also see cool article
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Dear Adult Children
of Mentally Ill Parents
I am more and more convinced that having a nonprofit,
advocacy organization
will be very good for us, the children, and also for our
parents. I think that we
have special voices to share. Much of NAMI is run by
people who are like our
grandparents, and who are often in the first years of
understanding their
children's illness. I think that we children are a
different sort of expert. We often
have decades of experience with our parents illness, from
the inside. I would like
to see more research and resources available, not only to
us, but also to children
who are currently watching their parents go in and out of
hospitals. And I would
like to see resources provided to extended family and
spouses who are taking care
of children while their ill relative is in the hospital.
Please feel free to contact me.
Thank you! Maggie childrenofconsumers@yahoo.com
Hi Everyone!
Maggie has asked me to ask you all to also post at the NAMI web site to make
your voices heard, it's a little confusing so here is the
path, (and to view or post
one must register with them first, I registered and had a
problem posting after
typing for a few minuets I pressed the submit button and
it prompted me to log in
again loosing all that I had typed, so before you hit the
submit button you might
want to copy your letter or note first.)
Path #1: One the main screen there is a section that says
"Shared Interests".
Take Shared Interest-->Families-->My parent is a
consumer.
Path #2: Take the drop down menu at the top of the screen called
"Find Support"-->Online
Communities-->Shared Interest Communities-->
Parents with Mental Illness.
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