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WELL JUST LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWERS IF POSSIBLE!! MY FIANCE'S MOTHER HAS MANIC DEPRESSION AND ITS NOW GOING ON ALMOST 8 YEARS THAT IVE BEEN WITH MY FIANCE AND AM AT THE END OF MY ROPE AS FAR AS HER MOTHER GOES......NOT IN A BAD WAY, ITS JUST THAT SINCE MY FIANCE WAS ABOUT 10-11 YRS OLD, HER MOTHER DOESNT REALIZE HER 3 CHILDREN EVEN EXIST....IVE SEEN HER MOTHER ONLY ON A FEW OCCASIONS, AND HAVE HEARD TONS OF STORIES ABOUT HER ILLNESS!!

NOW MY QUESTION BASICALLY IS THIS........HER MOTHER ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO TAKE MEDICINE, HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND MADE TO TAKE MEDICINE GOT BETTER AND WHEN SHE GOT OUT SHE STOPPED TAKING HER MEDS AGAIN. I SEE EVERY DAY, IN THE EYES OF MY FIANCE, THE PAIN AND SADNESS IT HAS CAUSED HER TO LOSE A MOTHER, GO THROUGH A FAMILY BREAKUP ( ALL AT THE AGE OF 10-11) , AND FOR THE PAST 15 YRS OR SO HAVE TO JUST SOMEHOW ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THATS THE WAY LIFE IS GOING TO BE AND THAT HER MOTHER IS GONE!!! NOW I HEARD IF A PERSON ISNT PHYSICALLY HARMING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS THERES NOTHING U CAN DO AS FAR AS TAKING MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS AND DEMANDING OR INSISTING TREATMENT OR TAKING THAT PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THATS TRUE AND WHAT POSSIBLY IF ANYTHING WE CAN DO??????

NOW THE LAST QUESTION, I'VE READ ALOT OF INFO ABOUT MANIC DEPRESSION AND FEEL I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHAT IT CONSISTS OF, HOWEVER STORIES ABOUT MY FIANCES MOTHER DONT ADD UP TO ME, FOR EXAMPLE SUPPOSEDLY YEARS BACK HER MOTHER INSISTED SHE WAS IN COLLEGE, AND THAT SHE WAS STUDYUNG TO BE A DOCTOR WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE, AND SHE SEEMS TO NOT EVEN KNOW SHE HAS KIDS, AND THE LAST TIME MY FIANCE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY HER AS HER DAUGHTER WAS HER 13 OR 14TH BDAY WHEN HER MOTHER GOT HER A PAIR OF "BABY SHOES", BASICALLY NOT REALIZING THAT THE CHILD SHE BOUGHT THE GIFT FOR WASN'T A BABY.......NOW THOSE COUPLE OF EXAMPLES AND SOME OTHER THINGS SHE DOES, TO ME, SEEM LIKE ISSUES THAT I HAVNT READ ABOUT REGARDING MANIC DEPRESSION AND AM CURIOUS IF THATS SOMETHING OTHER THAN MANIC DEPRESSION OR IF THEESE THINGS OCCUR WITH THE ILLNESS??? SORRY TO ANYONE THATS READ THIS I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH BUT I AM JUST AT A POINT WHERE I CAN'T SIT ON THE SIDELINES ANYMORE.......I KNOW DEEP DOWN IN HER MOTHERS HEART, WHETHER SHE KNOWS IT OR NOT.......THERE IS A PERSON WHO GAVE BIRTH TO 3 CHILDREN AND DID EVERYHTING IN THE WORLD FOR THEM, AND LOVED LIFE UNTIL THAT DREADED ILLNESS SET IN, AND I CANNOT ALLOW HER TO MISS OUT ON THAT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE!!!!! PLEASE SOMEONE PLEASE TRY TO GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS OR POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THANKS!!!!!!!