Could be. But we have all pretty much given up on trying to persuade her to do anything. When a responsible MD suggested that the Xanax was doing her no good, and recommended different medication, she got belligerent and refused to see him again. 2 docs later she found one that gives her the stuff.
She’s a lost cause. I just wish she was located much further away from us than she is now. Sounds cold, but after 30+ years of her, I have no more sympathy.
For some of us, the meds are life-saving. I think the best plan is to have a psychiatrist who only tweaks the meds, and a therapist for talk therapy. If you have depression or bipolar disorder that is partly biological, you probably have to take meds the rest of your life. Given what happens when I am not on them, I have accepted the “life sentence”.