Hi everyone, I have been a lurker on this forum hoping to gain some insight in dealing with my father. He had been officially labeled as manic depressive about 6 years ago although looking back on it I can see he’s had manic episodes of throughout my life. The problem is that he seems worse than ever and it looks like he experiences hallucinations and manic episodes every 3 weeks, give or take. This last episode has been going on for the last 6 days with no sign of getting better. He has been committed again but this time involuntarily after threatening family with bodily harm. Since then, he has refused food and meds so I don’t know if this helps. Anyone experience constant bouts of mania? If so, what has helped? We are desperate for help and the system just makes him worse.