Grandparents Raising Children Support Group

Yesterday my mother and i went out to the rehab that my daughter is staying at. We had a wonderful day going to classes with my daughter and other addicts and their families. My daughter has never looked better. She has been clean for 5 months now and this is the first time shes stayed on her bipolar meds for any length of time. The rehab program is only 4 weeks with 6 months of weekly aftercare classes for the addict and family. This is the first time shes been to rehab and i'm very hopeful. She is such a different girl now that shes on her meds, i haven't seen her like this since she was pregnant with gs. They do say that women that are bipolar are more stable when they are pregnant, but they don't know why this is. It is so nice to have some positive things happening in our lives. It was good to talk with other families and learn about their experiences and some were very similar to ours, with the mental illness aspect in their loved ones lives too. I had my daughter to many health care professionals over the years trying to figure out what was wrong with her to no avail, there is still such a stigma associated with mental illness. I just wanted to share some of my good news with everyone.
Posted on 07/15/12, 09:43 am