My mom has been schizophrenic now for four years she only started with depression and anxiety 10 years ago. The depression was so rough on her brain that she needed shock therapy treatments so she received 8 of them over a period of a year and it did help, she lost some memory for awhile but it did eventually come back. She did great again for a few years and it was like I had my mom back again the way she was when I was growing up.
But four years ago when she was diagnosed with the schizophrenia and bipolar disorders we were told that she developed this due to the shock therapy causing brain damage. She got really bad for awhile and would refuse to take her meds, she would sleep for 22 hours a day, I would walk down the street to her house everyday to make sure she took her meds and she would always tell me the doctor said she didn’t have to take them anymore. Thankfully my uncle and grandma stepped in to help because I had my hands full with a husband, daughter and special needs son of my own. My family worked with the doctor to get my mom the best care she saw a neuropsychologist and he made a huge difference for my mom he ordered her to sell her home and move into a nurse staffed group home similar to a nursing home.
The staff keeps her up, they have activities to help keep her brain active, the keep her in a strict schedule everyday with everything the same everyday with meals, meds, and fun time and she is doing so much better her meds make her kind of gloomy and tired looking all the time, but she can function now and take care of herself much better.
I am grateful everyday for my family and the doctor helping her get her life back.
