Hi everyone, I’m hoping to gain some insight into rapid onset of mental illnesses later in life.. any experiences y’all have is truly appreciated. I’ll try not to make this long but I feel scared about my future. I’ll give some background 

My biological father has been pretty present throughout my 30+ year life.. although he’s been single since my parents divorced about 29 years ago. He moved 2000 miles away for work about 15 years ago and we have seen each other a couple times a year. He’s very opinionated and loud person but loving no doubt. He recently retired from his job of 35+ years and has been trying to move closer to me and my siblings. Spoke with him a week ago on thanksgiving and all sounded good. He was happy to be a grand father (my wife and I had our first baby 2 weeks ago) and couldn’t wait to meet him. 

Yesterday I get a call from the neighbors who we’ve known for 20+ years that my dad was acting out and yelling at people. I hear him in the background screaming all sorts of crazy stuff (government coming to get him, demons are coming out of the walls).. the voice is his own but the stressed infliction of it does not sound like him. He doesn’t recognize the neighbors and becomes aggressive when police arrive. They ultimately take him to a hospital and place him in a psych ward. Me being the oldest, I have legal custody of him since he can’t think for himself (with the help of my aunts) and they say he has a serve mental disorder that he will most likely not recover from. Come to find out he stopped paying his bills and lost his insurance months ago so he’s now a ward of the state and they plan on placing him in the next couple weeks. 

Among many things I’m worried about this happening to me down the road.. (super selfish I know) as we have a 2 week old and I can’t imagine involuntarily forgetting everyone I know. 

I’m hoping he is able to snap back to his old self who he’s been the past 60 years but this is so new to me and for the first time I’m not sure what to do.

Do any of you guys have a similar experience?? Sorry for the lengthy text.. I’ve a pretty strong person but have been crying on and off for the past 12 hours.

Thank you all