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My wife and I have been married now for 7 year we have been raising my son that I was awarded custody of from my ex since he was 6 months old because she attempted to kill him 2 times. My son was diagnosed by the Denver Children hospital of having a Bi-Polar dis order and ADHD. He has been recieving medication now for 3 years because he would not sleep for days and is so active we could not even dream of attempting to keep up with him. The doctors have not been able to get the medicines balanced so he is somewhat normal. We need help this is emotionally stressing us out we are on the verge of breakdown our selves. My other children are feeling neglected because he takes 85% of our time just dealing with his behaviors. Our family is in a turmoil. My wife and I are about to divorce because of the stress. We dont know where to go for help!!! I work as Police Officer and own my own business as well. My wife has her own business as well. Where can we get help? My son's disorder is effecting us all. We want him so he can be at a level so we all can have some peace in our lives. Our friends avoid us because he is so uncontrolable. Even though we are the parents and we work to keep him in some activies to help him use his energy constructively it doesnt seem to work we have had him in karate lessons but he disrupts the instructors. We send him to boys and girls club so he can socialize with children his age. They are at their wits end with him right now. We can not finacially afford to send him anywhere. We dont know where to turn PLEASE HELP US, WE ARE BEGGING WE DONT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS OR WHO TO TURN TO!!!!!!!!!!!
Try the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. I think they have a support group network for parents. There might be one near you you can plug into, if not, then through online chat groups. I would also seek help from the doctor who diagnosed him to see whether he needs to be hospitalized for a while until he is more stable.
Hello, I am the adult daughter now 54, of a mother who was an undiagnosed bi-polar. She was never officially diagnosed until about 4 months before she died at 70 of lung cancer. The last 4 months of her life were the best months we had in years because she was finally on medication. It makes me sad that we could never get her to seek help before that. Anyway throughout my life I have had difficulty with relationships with men. Mainly because I seem to often be attracted to men who are emotionally unavailable. Over the past few years I've realized a trend and that is that for the past 25 years the majority of men I attract and am attracted to are narcissitc. This past Thursday I just ended a 5 month relationship with a man is a Cerebral Narcissist (I did a lot of research). I put up with and accepted behavior from him I never ever thought I would put up with from anyone. I still care about him and believe if he comes back and wants to see me I will give in. Anyway my question is: Do you have any information on how being raised by a bi-polar mother can effect your relationships with men? I want to get over this trend..I really would like to have a long term loving, lasting relationship with a man but now feel in order to do this I am going to need some help. I believe that I am probably co-dependent. If you have any insight or advice I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
Cyndi
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We 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.