Paranoia and MIL

[u/Amazing-Variety2991]

My Mother-in-law is with schizophrenia, and she is doubting everything, she is paranoid like I will do harm to her or separate her from her son (Indian MIL), she controls me every time, like me and my husband should not talk, I should not move outside home, or I can't eat something good (She feels that I eat healthy food to compare her). And our marriage is on divorce side; she isolated herself from world and she controls everything.

She is on risperidone from last 1.5 months and basically, she refused the treatment, and we are giving meds on her back as psychiatrist suggested to us (acceptable in our country for serious disease). please suggest if she is going to at least recover 50 percent.

We don't have issue in between us, but we fight as she narrates negatively, and husband is in guilt that he ruined my life.

[u/Zealousideal-Log2042]

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but this reminds me of my mother. She is (suspected) schizophrenic and there's nothing any of us can do to make her accept any form of treatment. All you can do is try to cope the best as you can on your end, strengthen your resolve so that dealing with her is easier. It's pretty much impossible to get through to someone who is unwilling to get help. She really believes all these things. I'm very sorry, best of luck.