...I think my dad is on his way to another "situation."

...when he called the other day, he was either...1)hard of hearing, 2)tired and a little confused because of it, or 3)going off his meds and confused because of it.

...I have no idea how long it takes him to go off completely. He seems to get to a point where he thinks he doesn't need them because he's feeling good. He also decides it's ok to drink the alcohol he was told NOT to drink. I think the thing that is keeping him from being jumped is the fact they think he's crazy.

...I guess you could say he is.

This is what he does...

1)The thoughts you ponder when you think things through in your mind...he talks about outloud. Almost discussing things...but not to someone...just himself....to the point that he may get upset.
2)He's going to get a job at NASA or somewhere where he can work/fly fighter planes or rockets. He then tells you anything you may never want to know about them.
3)He talks incessantly, non-stop, won't-eat-a-bite-of-food all the while.
4)He buys stuff. Last thing he bought was a new truck at the Toyota dealership in Alpharetta, Georgia. When we called the guy to tell him dad was a little altered when he bought it, the fucker that sold it to him said his old truck was already cleaned and spoken for. TWO DAYS LATER.
5)He won't shower. No need to explain.
6)He gets irritable when confronted about all of this, at times he seems violent, but the worse he's done is slapped a pill out of my hand that I tried to get him to take while the county mental health assessor (I can't remember what else to call him) was trying to decide to send him to the hospital or not. When he kept yelling he would burn the house down, cops were called. Luckily he went voluntarily.***

...but of course, he has to volunteer to be put in a hospital in Bloomington or wherever they can find...they shut down Zeller's in Peoria, Pekin Hospital's ward (not that they were any good) and I don't think Methodist has one anymore.

...then there's the wife. She never calls me until dad has disappeared for three days or he is driving her crazy...blah, blah, blah. I need to ask a lawyer how responsible she is. I get the feeling that one day she'll just leave him.

IF ANYONE KNOWS A LAWYER THAT WOULD GIVE ME INFO...PLEASE HELP ME.

...if anyone knows someone who suffers from some mental disease, you know what I'm talking about.

***According to my doctor, I haven't inherited it, it would have shown up by now. So those of you that were wondering....whew...
posted by Wanting at 7:28 PM