Hi Sqrl,

She does have lucid times but I fear talking about the baby issue will only create a swing for the worse. You see she has had 2 abortions, one of them not by choice (because of racist beleifs in my family and Zimbabwean society as a whole). Maybe because of this she feels like she needs to make it up to herself...???

When I say the "language of Phychosis", I basically mean dissarrayed sentences where what is said doesn't make logical sence, it is like 2 sentences mixed into one, one being the topic you are talking about and the other being something not relevant. Almost like she has 2 lines of thought going on at once and the words are comming out at the same time. I've been like that and can somehow, pull bits of information about her problems from this other line of thought that is comming out. This is risky though sometimes, because I could get the wrong idea.

Yes, you're right, my family has a lot of MI in it, me, my sister, my aunt and I beleive for generations gone by. She takes antipsychotics and Lithium (when she wants to) She's not very compliant. I used to be on the same antipsychotics as she is on, Olanzipine.

She will not engage in anything emotional, this sends her into termoil for hours.

I think it's going to be a long slog, but one small step at a time we can get there, too much at once sends away to a far away place.

Cheers

G