A blog for anyone who needs to know they are not alone in raising a bipolar child.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Bipolar Disorder in Children...
...is devastating. As much as cancer, if not more because no one knows what to say or do when you tell them your child has a serious mental illness. I still feel very hesitant to tell people that I am getting to know about her disorder. I have experienced rejection as a result and so has she. The good news is that the older she gets the less obvious it is that she has bipolar disorder as maturity has kicked in. Hang in there, it can get better even though it will never go away. There will be bad days and days that are not as bad and moments of true joy. She asked me last night why God has allowed this in her life, she always feels like life is against her. And it does seem that as soon as she gets going, something knocks her down, a med stops working, or side effects interfere with her life, or her education is interrupted by instability. I get her pain. I want to make it better. I can only pray and hope it does.
Thank you for saying that it gets easier! As the mother of a bp 8 year old dd, I am really in fear of the teenage years, when the hormones kick in. I have been afraid that it would get so much worse then.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain, I have a 16yr old that is bipolar. She is hospitalized as I type this. She ranaway and was not on her meds. It's an on going battle and I need a break and she needs intensive treatment that I can't give her. She's going to RTC in the next couple weeks. I call her my "big baby" because she requires a lot of love and attention. I can't give up on her, I still have some fight in me left, just wish she did.
ReplyDeletei SO needed this today. we have been struggling so much with Lil'K lately. we even have hit the point we have to have a behavioral meeting this friday. i am so close to the end of my rope. and then you slap out a gem like this.
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it is so hard when your brain tells you no one understands over and over and...
I have no idea why I didn't get these comments sooner. I am always glad to hear my posts encourage someone out there! Sometimes this is a very lonely journey. I bawled my eyes out yesterday sobbing which I haven't done in a long time, but when everything seems to be falling apart for your child, it hurts. God bless you all!
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