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dams923 Posts: 1
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Can anyone tell me what they have done to help a paranoid family member. My sister has been hospitalized a number of times, sees a therapist and a psychiatrist all to no avail. She refuses to believe to she has a problem and thinks all these things are happening that really are not. She rarely eats or drinks anything because she believes her food is being tampered with. She is scared to shower because she believes the water is tainted and she complains she is being electrocuted in her house. None of which is happening. My parents have tried speaking to her doctors, however due to HIPAA laws, unless my sister signs a release the doctors will not talk to my parents. The only thing they say is that if you feel she is a threat to call an ambulance or the police. We have done that, and its the same story over and over. She is admitted to the hospital, given medication which seems to help but then is let out again. And then stops all medication. Does anyone know of any way we can get through to her that she is sick and that we are not the enemy.
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