I want to ask this question regarding my mother who is 52 years old. I am sorry to write but I have to write all the symptoms in detail in order to count it and treat it. The whole family and others think that "iski nature hi aisi hai -- she is only like this" but I am sure she has some psychological issue. She feels inferiority complex all the time, sometimes any joke she takes on his heart and get angry, she thinks we are mocking her. If we take care of our father, she thinks we are taking care of our father more than her and we are not taking care of her, we are not concerned about her. If we give any special food or gift to our father, then she thinks we are taking care of father only, she stops talking to all, all of a sudden. If any other person is given more attention in the family then she feels why people are not giving any attention to her. She becomes secluded (alag thalag) at times after any such things which others could not even notice or which may not be a big deal for others, she then leaves eating. When on any issue arguing with her, at the end she plays victim card. Yes I am bad, yes I don't know anything. And becomes super angry and stops talking for a few days. She thinks no one cares for her, she often thinks may be we are against her. She is super negative. Any disease like gastritis when gets not cured, she feels she is suffering from any big disease and needs big treatment in big hospital, if we do treatment in our city hospital or with city doctor then she thinks we are not doing enough for her. When we grew up, I came to know from our father that she had depressive episodes when we are very young. She used to beat things violently, beat us at times. Currently she has ibs (irritable bowel syndrome) and with other medicines, tryptomer helped very much. I want to know ,what this psychological issue can be called. Anxiety disorder, depression or anything else or nothing? And what could be best thing to address this. This is effecting our life quality.
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Dear lybrate-user, thank you for taking more interest in your mother. Worrying about her treatment (changing her behaviour) causes your life quality to go down. If you accept her as she is, you will be happy. All these feelings are personal feelings, that means, your mother has to tell it to psychiatrist. I can not diagnose based on what you feel as her feelings. Let her consult the psychiatrist or the physician who prescribed tryptomer and get her diagnosed and treated.
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Sir, thank you for elaborate description of symptoms of your mother. She has also benefited from medications. Ibs is typically linked with anxiety but other co morbid conditions, including personality, cannot be ruled out. So, it's advised to stick to treatment and discus with your treating psychiatrist regarding exact diagnosis.
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It appears that you mother has chronic mild depression and left untreated along with a depressive personality disorder, has taken on a huge cost on your family. I also believe that there are instances where you are able to make her happy and she compares herself to others and becomes sad. I also think that we could be addressing this with medications and improve her quality of life. You should also consider getting a second opinion online with us so that we can try to help you better. You are more than welcome to consult us online here on Lybrate privately via text or audio consultation. Contact the Lybrate staff for more details.
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