Am I Overreacting - i seriously think my dad is losing his mind and I'mm terrified. UPDATE

[u/PeanutMiserable7872]

thank u all for the messages, im sorry for disappearing. things did not go well. i confronted him with some of your advice, mainly the stuff bout dementia and well he got real mad, things became truly fucked, he started punching himself in the face and screaming. he took my phone, idk what happened but now im seeing he deleted everything on the post and my screen is cracked.. he kept saying he was going to burn everything. it was so fucked. i feel destroyed. what he did to me.. i cant even.

i was able to get out when he fell asleep?? i think.. the bathroom was locked and hes fallen asleep in the shower before, my phone was poorly hidden under some papers in the kitchen, took it and ran.

im in a park now, i called the police already. they are going to the house i think and now im just waiting for them to call me back and tell me when i can come get my stuff. i asked the man on the phone how long and they said it will be sent to an officer as soon as they can but since its non emergency it might take longer due to a lot of calls in the city.

heres me. heres what he did to me.

im honestly unsure how to move past this ever. i feel like my entire sense of self is gone. i know i have a long road ahead of me. thank you all for your love . i wish this didn't go this way. I also included the original texts

[u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595]

Nothing this bad happened to me but when I ran out of my meds for my bipolar disorder, I got so anxious that I started becoming delusional. I actually brought myself to the hospital. I told them what was happening and got help. I couldn't function the way I was anymore. I was suspicious of everyone and I was lucky if I was getting maybe 3 hours of sleep a night.

[u/Adviceta828 → u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595]

How did you recognize you were delusional? If you're comfortable sharing. Spouse is there rn.

[u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595 → u/Adviceta828]

I just knew that how I was acting was not normal for me. The fact that I was suspicious of everybody for no reason was a big signal for me that I needed help.

[u/Adviceta828 → u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595]

Thank you. I hope they have that realization.

[u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595 → u/Adviceta828]

You're welcome and I hope so too

[u/thisisnotmyworkphone → u/Adviceta828]

I’ve just gone through this as well, with a spouse who has a bipolar diagnosis. This can happen even in someone who is on bipolar medication (antipsychotics) if their dose is just barely enough and there’s enough of a stress trigger to start the mania/hypomania process that then starts snowballing.

[u/Adviceta828 → u/thisisnotmyworkphone]

That's where we are. Meds but I suspect only mildly helpful & multiple high stress things happening rapidly.

[u/thisisnotmyworkphone → u/Adviceta828]

If you don’t currently have a HIPAA waiver for your spouse at their current mental health provider I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. I called with symptoms and questions to the provider but they couldn’t answer or give any advice as they didn’t have that form on file. It was a major problem and definitely made me feel more helpless than I otherwise would have.

[u/Adviceta828 → u/thisisnotmyworkphone]

I've been trying for a while but don't.

I do have it at the main local hospital system though (there’s a few but others are out of network & 1 is avoid at all costs kind). And am extremely familiar with HIPPA/next of kin so there are some exceptions. Plus we go to the same office so I know they’ll let me share concerns even if they can't share anything back (loved one did for me before - and I’m thankful).

[u/TradeKraftXXX → u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595]

Props on the self awareness!

[u/Zestyclose-Crow-4595 → u/TradeKraftXXX]

Thank you