Bipolar sibling refusing help
Posting this here as it got removed from the Bipolar communities. This isn’t about an SO but my sister.
Postpartum sister in India refusing help
Hello!
My sister (36 F) had a baby in India last month. She was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder while she was pregnant.
Looking back at our childhood, she always had manic episodes where she would hit my mom and me a lot. We thought it was anger.
When she moved out, she tried some for of therapy but it never worked for her. After she got married to my BIL, they also had fights when she got manic and hit him (he also hit her). She got pregnant around Jan 2025, miscarried the baby. She then got pregnant again and had a baby boy in March 2026. As mentioned earlier, her manic episodes peaked during pregnancy, she said she would attempt suicide, or kill my BIL. My parents went to live with her to support her during the pregnancy. But nothing seemed to work.
She went to a psychologist who diagnosed her with Bipolar disorder and ADHD. She was started on medications while pregnant but she wouldn’t take them.
After the baby was born, her episodes continued. She attempted to kill my BIL multiple times while threatening suicide. We all told her to continue with therapy and have medications but she refuses everything.
We are all lost now, and we are desperately searching for answers to make this better.
Does anyone have advice, thoughts or pointers that will help my sister? We all are very helpless right now.
Edit: Based on previous responses to this post I’m going to talk to my family so that they can admit my sister. Any other advice or thoughts are welcome.