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[quote=Anonymous]My mom has a lot of anxiety.  She's been on Xanax for years, but either she isn't taking it, needs a new dose, needs a new med, or there are other things going on.  Her anxiety is getting out of control and is starting to ruin our relationship.  If I don't respond to a text or email, she'll start messaging DH on every outlet available (text, email, gchat, etc) to get me to respond to her.  It has never been something emergent.

We recently went on a trip and my mom forgot about the 3 hr time difference. When I turned on my phone when we landed I had 6 texts, 2 emails, and 2 voicemails.  Each one got angrier and more anxiety ridden (she was checking news sites to see if there was a plain crash, etc).  DH had almost the same amount of messages from her.

I recently got married and they helped pay for it (we split 50/50 at the insistence of my dad).  She harassed my bridesmaid when they were planning the bridal shower because they didn't do things on a timeline according to her.  It was awful and I had to apologize to all of my bridesmaids.

Whenever I voiced an opinion on something regarding the wedding, if it wasn't something she wanted, I was bullied into what she wanted.  Our wedding was about 25% what DH and I wanted and 75% of what she wanted.  She didn't talk to me for 3 days because I wouldn't budge on mine and DH's first dance song.  Almost daily I was accused of hating her, not wanting her input only her money, making her life miserable, causing her heart palpitations, causing her to lose sleep because of stress, etc.  Mind you, I wasn't stressed at all and nothing was saved til last minute.

OK this has turned into more of a vent than anything else but her anxiety/control issues caused by it are getting out of control.  I've urged her to see a therapist but she always has an excuse.  Then I usually get yelled at for suggesting it.  I'm at the end of my rope with it.  DH is a sweetheart, but I can tell he's starting to get annoyed with her behavior too.

HELP!  Has anyone been able to successfully convince someone to seek help? [/quote]

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