I don't know if I am posting this in the right area. Anxiety/depression, but over the wknd, my step dad called me, and said he and my mom would not be coming by, she had some sort of breakdown over the wknd, and does not Know Me, and thinks my step brother is there with her, and he has been out of town for over a yr. What is going on here ?
He said the doctor put her bk on Celexa, she has been off it for 3 months, doing fine. This is all the information he has given me. It concerns me, what is going on with her, not knowing me, thinking my brother is there. What is all this ?
I posted this also in another forum, trying to get some insight.

How old is she? It sounds like she had a pretty bad breakdown, causing her thought process to not be right. This recently happened to me, only not so severe though. But I went through a breakdown the past couple of weeks and I would stare blankly, not realize what people said till moments after, and couldn't think of simple things like phone numbers. Her brain is probably just on hyper mode right now from stress - when she is better, I think she'll be back to normal. Don't fret. :) And good luck to your mom as well.

She's 67 years old. I just want to make sure she didn't have a stroke or something. My step dad did not give me any addl info. Have been trying to reach him to ask more questions. I live out of town, and he is not knowledgeable about mental illness.

honestly there are so many different possibilities your best bet is to speak to her doctor if that is possible. On a mental health standpoint it might be a psychotic episode as that may put someone into a different reality but it may very well be something else.

take care
trg247

She's 67 years old. I just want to make sure she didn't have a stroke or something. My step dad did not give me any addl info. Have been trying to reach him to ask more questions. I live out of town, and he is not knowledgeable about mental illness.


Good advice from TRG. Assuming your step dad is approximately the same age as your mother, he may not understand what is actually happening to her. The best thing you can do is to contact her doctor and explain your concern. There are a lot of things that could be happening with your Mom - most of which can be controlled with the proper medications.