My sister has gone through what we suspect is mania (for the first time) a few years ago. She went through a lot of euphoria/God complex, speaking about how she was in touch with God and some work delusions about a promotion that we aren’t sure was even real. She eventually came down from the high and seemed relatively normal (ok maybe not entirely) for some time. She refused to seek help however. 

A few months ago the symptoms started to show again (I think lockdown has been difficult for her). And then it became so bad she had to resign from work. She has been spamming and harassing numerous people about God doing some great work through her. That she is the chosen one. She’s also been spamming our entire family with the same rhetoric. Verbally abusing her husband and threatening suicide or self harm if he upset her even slightly. Small things like not being able to find her phone or speaking to her wrong. It got to the point that her husband (with the help of my brother) had to call the ambulance on her today because she was becoming increasingly erratic.

However...she somehow sweet talked her way out of the ambulance?? They discharged her as soon as she arrived at the hospital. Then she went rogue and arrived at my brothers house and proceeded to verbally abuse and harass my brother along with her husband. Threatening to self harm or break things etc and ‘don’t you know I’m Gods chosen?!’ Screaming etc. It got so bad my brother called the police. When they arrived she took on a role of acting Completely normal. Making the policemen laugh. Joking with them etc. Saying she is absolutely not crazy and gaslighting my brother and brother in law infront of the policemen. They were completely convinced and charmed by her and left. 

She arrived home with her husband and went on a tirade of verbal abuse. Calling him all kinds of names in front of their children. I finally arrived to maybe calm her down and her husband looked completely dejected and exhausted. She was ranting to me about how she is Gods chosen and all the narrative she had been saying for weeks. My older brother finally arrived and having experienced similar things with his wife (she has bipolar) agreed that she needed to be admitted by force. So they took her to the hospital in the car with her screaming at us about us all burning in hell for this and all kinds of obscenities. Saying to the voices she hears in her head (she hears voices) that ‘I know I know I hear you, they will’ and all kinds of things.

However when he went to admit her she smiled at him and said ‘watch this, they won’t believe you🙃. I will charm my way out of this’ and she almost did. Until my brother showed them all the texts and imessages she had been sending everyone. They reluctantly admitted her even after assessment. And once my brother left they called him again asking if he was absolutely certain she needed it.

There’s a lot that’s been left out. And her behaviour has been far more erratic than I’ve had the time to describe. The thing that gets us she is SO incredibly clever at making it sound like she is not crazy to strangers but then turning and showing us a completely different side when we are alone. She would even go as far as saying she will kill her husband for what he had done. What could this be?? Really need some insight and help. Our family feels so hopeless. Her children are afraid of her coming home even though they love her.