Adult Sibling with mental issues living with Elderly parent - Help

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2:13 again, My uncle had untreated schizophrenia the last 15-20 years of his life. It was horrible. My sister has untreated bipolar. The rage and yelling and mania has been horrible.

New poster- me too. My brother has untreated bipolar with delusions and mania, maybe schizoaffective. He “took care” of my elderly parents until they died. He had a lot of love but no self control and terrible habits. Lack of uninterrupted sleep made his mood and behavior worse. My father in particular saw if, but was too frail to do anything about it. We had other caregivers around so that was reassuring to me. My brother seems to be doing better now that my parents have passed on (took a while to get better), but in the depths of it, I could have written your post. My sympathies to you. This too shall pass, as all of us eventually do. Wishing you peace.

NP, me three.

We haven't seen or heard from my older sister since October 2016. I think she is dead, but if she is still alive she has completely fallen off the grid and is incapacitated somehow (almost definitely homeless as she was in 2016). She'd be 46 years old and had no children, no spouse, no partner, no friends, no job, no acquaintances that we know of, never used social media. She was so very, very ill towards the end. I wonder if she is ok and if I will ever see her again one day.

Wishing you peace as well, OP. I'm so very sorry for you and your family.