My sister is not talking to anyone, I don't know what's the best course of action

@Rivulet Hi Rivulet and welcome I have schizoaffective disorder. When I nod my head or shake my head to answer questions it is normally because I am feeling overwhelmed by my senses. In my own experience it does not mean that I am in the grips of a psychosis. I also have paranoia about being poisoned or drugged which even the meds have not taken away. Is your sister taking her meds? if so missing one dose really shouldnt make a difference in my own experience...... can you take her to see a trusted gp? instead of hospital. I only take my meds because I never want to go back to hospital again.

IMHO it sounds to me that your sister has been missing taking her meds or they need to be reviewed so a trip to a doc gp or psychiatrist is best course of action. Take good care of yourself and be safe. Love greenpeax

Hi @Rivulet it is a good idea to ring the mental health triage number. She needs help, they may not send her to hospital, they may just give her an injection.I have schitzophenia too and I am have depot injections once a month because I could not be trusted to take oral medication.

Hi @Bunniekins , thank you so much for your message. That helps me understand a bit more about what she might be going through so thank you. She did visit her psychatrist who she said she trusts just last week and she was telling the doctor she was fine, but I guess she wasn't since it looks like she has stopped taking her medicine. Thank you for sharing your experience to me. I wish you a smooth journey and all the best 🙂

@Schitzo thank you as well for your advice. I actually ended up calling the hotline as the situation escalated a lot in last few hours and they suggested hospitalisation as the best course of action which we ended up choosing.

I understand it will take some time, but we definitely will try to convince her this time that the injections will be the best solution as her medication method. I know she had strong resistance against injections previously due to her hatred for needles and an 'unknown' substance being given to her, but it has gone to a point where her delusions and thoughts are telling her to get out of her home and away from her family which is really worrying, but after talking to the hotline they said priority is for my sister to get her medicine to control the situation a bit more. I might end up posting her for more advice in the future so thank you in advance for your help! Thank you again @Bunniekins and @Schitzo!

@Rivulet All the best for you, your sister and family. Love peax

@Rivulet Thank you for the update, I'm glad to know your sister is going to be ok.

You are a lovely caring family.

I wish you all the best🌸xxx

Thank you so much @Schitzo and @Bunniekins! My family and I really appreciate your help and your kind words 🙂 Please take care of yourselves as well!

@Rivulet Hi,

Just checking in to see how you are. Your sister too of course. Any change?

Pleasr reach out here as you feel the need. We are here to support you.

BPDSurvivor

Hi @BPDSurvivor , thanks for checking in on us, you're so kind and thoughtful 🙂 My family and I are doing alright, there's been a lot of supportive people out there including yourself so thank you so much!

She's currently hospitalised at the moment, it's been a week now. Main updates are her medication dosage has increased as recommended by her psychiatrist. We did visit her on the day after she was hospitalised to make sure she was ok (and to give her essentials), but she ended up running away from us, and also did not want to talk to us on the phone either, so we've concluded she's still under the delusion that her family is trying to harm her.

The doctor did end up advising us not to visit or call her as she is still quite agitated and paranoid still. They say she's doing alright in the hospital though and that it seems like she's been talking less to herself now? I'm not sure if this is a change of setting thing or if the voices are settling down due to the medication. Only a week has passed so we'll have to wait and see.

We're just praying that it'll be a swift recovery and that my sister will want us to see her soon. Plus trying to develop a plan within the family to see how best we can support my sister and also trying to support my parents too as they see to be impacted by my sister's rejection a lot harder 😞

Hi @BillyBird, I'm sorry to hear that. 😞 I know how difficult it is when you sibling suddenly gets angry and no longer wants to talk to you. I'm definitely not the best person to ask for advice as I'm currently experiencing a similar situation where my sister is angry, paranoid and very alert about her siblings and parents but I would suggest keeping up with contacting your brother to see how he's going every now and then just to check on him and to make sure he's ok? I don't know if it's the correct way to approach this, but maybe ask him if he wants to just sit together and talk, so you can understand why he is angry at you and your family?

Can I ask what types of attempts you've made or how you've approached your brother in the past? This might help others who might have more experience with this in understanding your situation better so they can give advice.