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Hey Raddi, I did an account ONLY to reply to your article. Please read my message until the END. You will find it VERY useful. First I am sorry about your mother. I am an 18 year old girl, I am egyptian and I currently live in Egypt. The situation your mom is going through is EXACTLY what my mom is going through..My mom always imagines that some people want to kill her and kill us and that they stole our money and that they are making us live in hell.. You know the rest !My mom also always assumed that I am a liar and she always blamed me for alot of things I never did. We knew something was wrong when she became so violent and she started hitting me and my siblings, and she then reached a point where she wanted to make us STOP going to college and school anymore. If I want to explain my mom's behavior in detail, just like you, I would write a book. My dad called a physcological hospital here in Egypt. He explained her symptoms to the doctor and the doctor diagnosed her case. I am sorry I can't remember the name of this disease. Anyways, they HAD to take her without her knowing because as you know she is refusing any treatment, claiming that she isn't crazy in a violent way. She would scream and say 'You want to say that I am crazy so 'they' can steal our money! Don't fall in 'their' trap!' Ofcourse, you know the drill.Anyways my father planned with the hospital that they will take my mother to the hospital by FORCE. I didn't like the idea one bit ! Anyways, they told my dad that they would give her an injection that would put her to sleep and erase her memory on what happened the day they took her (She would never again remember what happened to her the day she was taken), then take her to the hospital for treatment, that way she would be under control. She stayed at the hospital for a month and a half being under treatment. They would be sure to give her injections that would erase her memory partialy (They would only erase the part of her memory that imagines things and that she believes). Then, after one month and a week of her stay at the hospital, the doctor claimed that we can visit her. When we went to visit her, she was talking to us normaly about how school and college was (Remember, she STRONGLY refused to let us go back to school before she went the hospital). I have never seen her so calm, and she kept asking us why she was in the hospital in the first place. (The injection she took made her forget everything that happened that day). But, the treatment wasn't 100% complete. She still assumed that some things are happening, but in overall, she was wayyyyy better than she was before she went to the hospital. I talked to the doctor and told him that she still says this and that but I explained to him that she was NOTHING close to how she was before. He told me that she will have a week more of treatment and then she will be out of the hospital.Now, its been 6 months since she got out of the hospital. As soon as she got out of the hospital, we realised she had forgotten so much things, she acctually forgot what college I went to ! But the doctor assured us not to worry as these empty gabs in her memory are only temporary and that she will eventually remember everything (this doesn't include the bad things, she wont remember the bad things) in a month. Anyways, today my mom still says that there are people who want to kill us and that they stole our money and all that old story. She had remembered everything thank god and some of her imaginative stories came back. But shes NOTHING like she was before, and if she talks about 'them' and that 'they' want to kill us and steal our money, she only talks about that every once in a while. Before the hospital she used to constantly talk to herself about 'them', she would be talking about the stuff she imagines 24/7 !! She would lock herself in her room and reject seeing anyone and she would never go to family gatherings and keep herself away from people.But now, even though she still has some of her mixed up thoughts, she is wayyy calmer, she sees people, she stopped depressing herself like before, she stopped talking to herself, she stopped blaming me for alot of things. So this is way better than before.I doctor told us that we took her to the hospital very late and that she was in a late stage in her disease. He told us that if we had waited just abit more, she would have killed one of us or even killed herself. Raddi, I GREATLY ADVISE you, to call a doctor as soon as possible to prevent this from getting worse! From your article I can see that its been so long since your mom has been acting this way !My mom has been sick for only 7 years, and the doctor thinks we took her in late !SO again, I ADVISE you to call a doctor as soon as possible. This treatment plan will not cure her 100% but will cure her 70% which is wayyyy better than NOTHING. And when she is cured to 30%, thats when you can easily persuade her that he thoughts aren't true. You can also help your brother greatly when you do this.At first me too I always believed her and I always thought she made so much sense !!So again, call a doctor, you can even explain to him my situation, he would know what kind of treatment your mother needs.I really do wish you the best of luck.Take CareNary