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Suzieq
Thursday, December 07, 2006 at 11:34 AMI was untreated and undiagnosed for the first 3 years of my sons life. After that I finally found the help I needed and my moods stabilized except for occasional outbursts. None were ever directed towards my children. Unfortunately, both my son and daughter, born four years later, also have BP. They blame my earlier outbursts or depression for causing it. I am now in recovery. They are facing their own demons by refusing to take proper care of themselves, using drugs and alcohol in college, and my son refuses to to medicated. Still they blame me for all this for having been a mental case of a mother in in early years. I am now an Advocate and public speaker for NAMI. Yet after reading your artical I do wonder if it may be true if I did destroy their lives.
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IWRITE
Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 05:02 PMWe do the best we can with what we are given. My children have never forgiven me for getting suddenly sick and not completely recovering. When they were little guys, they had to cope with my sudden onset and basically take care of themselves to varying degrees until I became more functional. I love my children and take very good care of them now. But those were hard times, and I'm still not June Cleaver. We have money troubles, which of course they are also angry about since I used to make alot of money. The point to all of this rambling is - you can't beat yourself up about it. You did the best you could with what you had. You loved them and met their needs as best you could; that's all any of us can do. There are pleny of more messed up families than we are I can assure you.
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