My 34 year old daughter has started acting very strange. We have alway been close but now she has completely cut me out of her life for absolutely no reason. When I asked her to talk to me she said, "I don't care enough about you to want to work things out." She has 3 beautiful children 4 years, 12 years and 14 years who she is also trying to turn against me. My family is the most important thing in the world to me. I used to have the kids spend time with me all the time now I'm not allowed to see them. She has become a compulsive liar and manipulator. She tells people (and my grandkids) that I am a liar, that she tries to get in touch with me but I won't return her phone calls etc... none of this is true. She is married to a man who is mentally abusive, is addicted to crystal meth and cheats on her all the time. I worry all the time, since I am no longer allowed to contact them, I don't know if they are OK or what is going on.
I am so devastated by this. The rare times I do see her (we live in a small community) she seems to have such extreme moods. Up almost to the point of being giddy to down and negative. Does anyone have any suggestions?
May have nothing to do with onset of Bipolar. Everything does not have to mean Bipolar just because behavior or personality suddenly seem to change.
Need to perhaps look at the whole picture and all that is incorporated within it. In your words here, you've mentioned her living environment.
If it is Bipolar, truly Bipolar, gradually developing... only a psychiatrist can diagnose it - folks on a website can't diagnose or suggest a diagnosis.
Only a real flesh and blood psychiatrist can diagnose Bipolar Disorder or any other mental illness, which would mean she'd have to actually see and talk with one.
Thanks for the response Tabby. I realize it could be a multitude of things. I'm just desperately trying to understand. A friend suggested that she may be bipolar. When I went into the site it seemed that it might be a possibility.