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Hello rainbow62

I'm just so sad about losing a good friend to such crap and not being able to help her at all. Everyone here keeps saying to let her go. It would be easier if they didn't have our son's sister to raise. I wanted to keep them pretty much together so when it came time to share that they are full-blooded siblings, they'd have had the contact for years.

That certainly is very sad and I hope that, given time, your friend comes around and you're able to resume your friendship and co-parenting relationship once more.

Turns out that she's probably undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic and says she doesn't want me to call her until my husband and I both admit that we're liars and that we're posting online and spreading lies that they're abusing their girl. What else can I do but honor her request because I can't admit to anything we didn't do.

I couldn't possibly know what is fueling your friend's suspicions but I have seen similar behaviors in people who were not the least bit schizophrenic. One possibility is that someone is indeed spreading rumors about her online -- I've seen that happen too -- and she's leapt to some false assumptions that it's you. Have you had an opportunity to speak with her husband or other family members and if so, have they been able to shed any light on her recent behavior?

To all of you who have been getting meds or talk therapy.....I'M SO PROUD OF YOU! I know it's not an easy road but there are those of us who care....family and friends who are devastated for those who don't get any help or don't even see a need for doctors.

Try not to be too hard on those who don't get help or value doctors. Many of them have tried and found they didn't get the kind of help they needed; it may be difficult for them to reinvest their trust or faith in a system that let them down.
No doubt, you'll find yourself feeling the same way about your friend.

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