I am at a loss as to how to handle my 37 year old son who has been diagnosed bipolar, but also abuses his prescription drugs and has become an alcoholic.
He is divorced 2x, understandably so, and recently the mother of his daughter has made the decision to restrict him from seeing her due to his irrational and somewhat insane behavior.
He is also very obsessive which is a thousand times worse when he's drinking and he cannot handle lifes curves. He calls me all hours of the day or night, at work and home expecting me to solve his problems. I am constantly hearing "you're my mom" you have to help me. I need to move back home.
He has is own condo, makes a 6 figure income with a highly respectable firm as an engineer. He is being take back to court for child support and because of this has gone over the edge. He says he's used to living on a 6 figure income and now he will won't be able to live. Yeah right. I live on half of what he makes! But yet he constantly hounds me, manipulates me and tries to put the guilt trip on me with his "your my mom". It's reached the point I turn my phone off at night due to calls at 2:30 in the morning.
He does see a psychiatrist, but I'm beginning to question just how competent he is. Or is it that my son is not being 100% honest with him. Which is what I believe as I have caught him in numerous lies and fabrications during his bouts of drama.
My question...how in the world do I handle this? Before long I'll be sitting on his doctor's "couch"!
