u/Goats4Boats10

I’m in a worrying situation right now. Things have been perfectly fine between myself and my roommate the almost 2 years we’ve been living together. We’ve shared personal backgrounds and discussed life tragedies.

We aren’t best friends but we’re friendly. She is currently going through a mental health crisis because she stopped taking her medication for a while. She never told me she had such a serious mental heath condition. She has been involuntarily held twice recently for suicidal behavior.

I don’t know what to do and what not to do. I don’t want to make her feel weird but I’m feeling nervous about doing/saying the wrong thing. How can I monitor her safety without crossing a line? I now have the phone number of her mom. She has to be consistent with her medication in order for it to start working again.

Things have really hit the fan with my roommate recently after almost 2 years of no odd activity. I didn’t know she had a mental health condition and had these types of episodes when off of her meds.

I also take psychiatric medication but do not have bipolar. I’m not a hater to people with conditions but I’m feeling afraid for my roommate. She was recently taken involuntarily for a psych eval. I’ve tried to ask what led up to it but she doesn’t want to talk about it. She was just released from a psych stay following a 2nd episode that led to commitment. Whaven’t spoken in person yet but I felt she was being dishonest over text about a separate topic.

I don’t know what to do that will allow me to show support but also not get too enmeshed when I’m not her medical team. What should I do or not do? How should I interact with her while her mental health has not been in good shape?