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Help for My "bi polar" sister
My 33 yr old sister has bi polar disorder. She has manic delusions that are getting worse. She was prescribed medication at one point but refuses to take anything now because they make her drowsy and leave her in a fog. What are my options for her? How should I proceed? Can my family and I have her committed against her will?
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Dr. Sahithi V
Neuropsychiatrist
8 yrs exp
Tirupati
Hi,
Bipolar disorder is a chronic mental illness which requires medications for long time during acute and maintenance phases. Usually compliance to medications is poor.However some measures should be taken to improve the compliance. Probably she is in acute phase, and that could be reason also why she isn't taking medicines. Get her admitted in psychiatry hospital,where they can plan depot injection which can be taken once in 2 or 4 weeks. Also they will evaluate and change over medicines which are less drowsy. Not all medicines make one drowsy.
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