By skyforbes 
Fighting mental illness is hard enough without having to beg for treatment.
Our son recently turned 40. He lives with numerous health and mental health challenges. He was in a serious accident in his late teens and now has degenerative disk disorder in his spine. It causes severe back pain and sciatica running down both legs which keep him from being able to work.
He suffers from debilitating social anxiety disorder, and bi-polar disorder. Doctors consider a patient who swings from depression to mania once a year to have frequent mood swings. Without medication, our son swings back and forth from violent mania to suicidal depression all day long. His mood changes three or four times a day. He is impossible to live with and causes considerable fear, stress, heartbreak, and worry.
This summer he was diagnosed with Parkinsonism. I had to look it up. Parkinsonism is caused by any number of illnesses that create Parkinsons-like symptoms: tremors and muscle weakness. His diagnosis is “medication-related Parkinsonism” which means the medication(s) he takes for his mental health are causing his tremors and muscle weakness. There are days when he can’t hold his head up. His tremors can become so bad that he struggles to feed himself. He is constantly tired.