Who cares for the caregiver?

Glen:

I feel for what you're going through.

You may want to post on the web site:

www.bipolarconnect.com, because you have posted on the schizophrenia web site.  Perhaps we can help you too.

However, I'm also sure your wife would benefit from reading the blogs on the bipolar web site.

Does she have the awareness of what she needs to do to stay healthy?  The bipolar web sites are friendly and offer hope and solutions.

Regards,

Chris

Hi Glen:

I am also a family member with a daughter that has Bipolar condition, so I have some sense of what your going through.  I think it will be very important, if you are to be your wife's caregiver (or not) for you to seek assistance for yourself, otherwise the changes that are taking place in your wife's life and your own can be overwhelming. Do two things: 1) stay in touch with other caregivers on our sister bipolar website as recommended by Christina and, 2) find your local NAMI [National Alliance on Mental Illness] Office and sign up for their next "Family to Family" class. This class is chock full of information about bipolar condition and many other mental illnesses. You own it to yourself to do both of these things.

You can find your local NAMI on their website - http://www.nami.org/. If you have trouble finding their office e-mail me at my SchizophreniaConnection website - robin.cunningham1@gmail.com and I will find out where and when the next class will be given in your area.

We're all in this together to help each other any way we can.

Robin