Addiction or Mental Illness
Hello,
I have a sister that has hit rock bottom. I do not know how to help her. I am not sure if she is depressed or having withdrawals from a diet pill (Didrex), she doesn't take them to loose weight, she takes them for the high. She has been taking them for about four years and her tolerance went up to 30+pills a day. She was fired from her job in a pharmacy because they said she stole pain medication. She was almost taken to jail. She lost a second job also when we put her in an institution because she wanted to kill herself. She sleeps for days at a time, and usually only gets up if she has the pills, she acts happy when taking them but as soon as she gets off them she will not bath, she is very mean and abusive, she sleeps for days and will not answer the door or phone. She has no money and will be thrown out of her apartment in a couple of weeks. She has been abusive to her dogs. She doesn't want help and says she will lay in bed until someone moves her or she dies. Can anyone give me advice, is she depressed? Or is it withdrawals? I have no money to help her. She says if I try to put her back in the institution she will get back at me. She is known to do bad things to people who mess with her. I feel that the dogs should be taken out of the home too.
Thank you for any advice.