Hello:
I'd love some input because it finally occurred to me that what I have been witnessing in a teen that is close to me is Munch by Proxy by her Mother. I am trying to figure out my next steps as I have to be careful here.
Here is the basic overview:
-Teen is almost 15
-Extremely overbearing and dominant mother who is an "expert" in HER child and a self-proclaimed MOMMA BEAR.
-Teen supposedly has delusions, hallucinations, schizophrenia symptoms, says people are trying to kill her, sees bad people in the mirror, says the voices tell her to kill her mother
-Teen says she has an eating disorder, is now transgender, is gay, changed her name (all in the same week)
-Teen has been hospitalized three times for being suicidal (in one of the finest childrens hospitals the country has to offer) but each time the MOMMA BEAR has become combative and fights with the psychiatrist and discharges the teen
-Teen is no longer in school. Instead she has a full time babysitter
-Teen sees a doctor or therapist or specialist or tutor EVERY SINGLE day. Tomorrow she is seeing three doctors in one day
-Teen no longer sees her father (whom I am involved with) because she says she is afraid of him. ZERO reason for this (we've been together for years) Interestingly, the few times we have seen her she has NO symptoms of any mental illness
-MOMMA BEAR continues to refuse to allow teen to see any practitioners that have any real credentials (I work in mental health). Teen only sees inexperienced therapists and a shady psychiatrist who has teen on maximum doses of FIVE different anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers.
-Childrens hospital refused to give these meds and MOMMA BEAR insisted that the teen have them, discharged the teen so she could give the teen the meds.
-MOMMA BEAR put her gay, transgender teen on the pill. WHY???
This teen is currently about 100 pounds overweight. This weight was put on in the last 6 months due to all of the drugs. She is not in school, has dropped out of sports, needs a full time baby sitter, and spends all of her free time with MOMMA BEAR. She is also at risk of cardiac arrest and has high liver enzymes, according to the hospital. Oh, and over the past few years the MOMMA BEAR has had her tested for many, many ailments such as dyslexia, vision problems, joint issues, digestive issues (and I saw an abdominal scan on the calendar last week).
This teen's life has become a series of dr appointments.
I really believe that MOMMA BEAR has some form of attachment disorder that has resulted in Munch by Proxy and that the teen is her psychological prisoner.
Thoughts?
Thank you.