Almost the exact same thing happened to my wife recently.  As somebody who experienced this from the &quot;other side&quot; it is truly frightening.  It nearly tore my family apart.<p>Even now, months later, not everything is back to 100% normal.  My wife still occasionally shows signs of her episode and is on medication (although we have transitioned to a low dosage of a more forgiving drug).  The most obvious problem is a stubborn insistence that what is going on in her head right now is the only reasonable option and any discussion otherwise is an active attempt to undermine her (i.e. a conspiracy against her).  This transcends normal disagreements.  She also still has trouble sleeping.<p>At the time she had her breakdown she constructed an elaborate and paranoid fantasy inside her head that everybody was out to get her (including close family members and myself).  This was tightly wound with inscrutable religious imagery and governmental conspiracy.<p>It was terrifying and I had her committed to the psychiatric unit (this is what nearly destroyed our relationship).<p>The most frightening aspect of the whole thing is that she was 100% convinced she was right at the time.  Her logical reasoning facilities simply broke down.  There was no reasoning with her.  In fact, if anything, trying to talk to her using logic and reason aggravated the situation.<p>Even now, when she looks back, she can see how strange it must have been for everybody else, but she&#x27;s still struggling because her brain is telling her she was &quot;on the right side&quot; of this problem the whole time.<p>This can happen to anybody, and it&#x27;s nobody&#x27;s fault.  Sometimes, shit happens.  Nobody should be ashamed of this.  Take care of yourselves and others.  Most of all, get a good night&#x27;s sleep and eat well!