Legal problems regarding my mother and libel

I have had a serious problem with an abusive parent who has basically used the police department and mental health system to violate my constitutional rights for nearly all of my adult life. I have done everything humanly possible to separate myself from this situation, and feel I need legal advice. My mom has libeled me for many years, telling neighbors, friends, coworkers and family members that I am "mentally ill" and need forced drugging. In reality, there is no mental illness and in fact, I recently got a medical workup from a doctor who can verify this.

What is happening is that my mother wants an excuse to try to control my life and the values and beliefs and choices I make. She is also a very fearful person and wants to be able to prevent me from succeeding in my career and financially - because she knows that if I had these successes, I would quickly get away from her and move away and start traveling and living my life. She abuses me verbally, emotionally and sometimes physically in private, and then to other people she tries to make it appear as if she is loving and kind and that I just won't cooperate with her. She has actually many times called the police on me for no reason whatsoever - in fact, did the same thing to my sister, for no reason. She then tells them that we are "mentally ill" and just won't take our medication..when the only problem is that she has succeeded in ruining our lives for us. She also has told the police department I was stalking her- which is really bizarre, because I've never had any such intent toward her.

This problem came about in no small part because my sister's ex husband is a very corrupt psychiatrist who harmed my sister and spread lies within our family and even kidnapped his sons in violation of a custody order. I feel desperate and unsure how to protect myself, because as a result of all the damage to me, I have had no real job for years, and have also suffered extreme trauma from all the forced drugging and "treatment." My good name was demolished by all that my mother, the police department, and my mother's neighbors and these psychiatrists have said about me. I was a TV news reporter, successfully, before it all started. Now I cannot seem to protect my good name and my income and career. The libel and slander has seriously harmed my career and my income for many years. The forced drugging also led to my fingertip being severed. Please advise.

The best thing you could do for yourself is to not wait until you have success... which is a highly unlikely scenario with things going as they have been. The natural thing would be for you to take on a school loan and go back to school in a subject that interests you. I actually got my masters degree when I was 50+, so it CAN be done. But it need not be a college, it could be a year long course in barber shop skills or beauty shop skills. Or it could be a course in anything that would lead to a profession for you that would make you independent from your family. School loans are tough to get in this economy, but when things settle down a bit, you should be able to get a loan that would allow you to start... and then you could work as a waiter through school time... knowing that when you finished you would have the freedom you need. It requires discipline to make the grades. You can get the boat... but only you can guide the rudder. Start looking. Start making a plan. Check the local rents on places near the school you would go to.

There is much you have NOT told us. Perhaps you cannot admit even to yourself that you have had some rough patches that were from within and not from your mother. You should try to get some counseling and you should probably find a way to determine whether there are some drugs that would help you navigate or if you just need a counselor until you get the steady feeling that you will be alright without your mother's support,... someone to help you keep your direction and your stamina for what lies ahead. It seems that you are dependent on your mother to some degree but you feel you are able and capable of being on your own. You must come up with a plan for this to ever happen. It must include costs and means to pay. A counselor would help you sort out your feelings and could foster a sense of positive reinforcement that you so desperately need.