Bipolar Disorder - Teen Support Group
This community is dedicated to teenagers struggling with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. Talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, and learn from others' experiences
My daughter who is 15 is being evalutated for bi polar, she is hurting so bad yet refuses to accept that it is her, she has no friends and no social life and we cannot trust her to make good choices for herself, she has put herself into some dangeroues places and has really hurt herself as far as giving the kids at school a reason to gossip about her, she is getting ready to start taking dekopta. she is on other meds as well they say she may have a mixture of adhd and bi polar along with some other things, I just want to help her and let her know the feeling of being in high school and actually enjoying it and having friends, her social q's have a lot to be desiered and she is in therapy and a case worker who is great. i hurt for her, she can be so sweet and in the same breath turn around and be horrid, she scares herlittle brother and sister and they get very confused by her mood swings, it is hard, we have no life cuz everythign revolves around her moods, i love her and want her to have a good life. any advice on how to be a good parent to her, i try talking to her and she pushes me away and screams horrid things to me, hits me threatens me and cusses me out,, it is hard to see her hurting.. thank you all for anything helpful you can share.
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I think she needs more help form her therapist. Bipolar disorder is a horrid thing to have to deal with, even harder when your hormones are raging.
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Speaking in experience, your description of her sounds just like me when I was in high school. I also have younger siblings. Coming from your daughter's pov, its a lot harder than most give credit for. its not simply swolling a word, its a whole life style. She now has to be mindful of what things, topics, etc alter her mood, what things help balance the bad and good moments. As her mother, all you can really do is be there. I know its hard to except. But allow her that moment where she cannot ignore it anymore. The more you fight it, the more intense it gets, and she'll feel as if shes going crazy! But hug, kiss, TOUCH more. Its small compared to what the disorder does but trust me it makes the world of a difference. Kind of guidew her in finding coping skills that best suite her.
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The best advice I ever got from anyone was from a doctor who told me not to worry about the label of the disorder. and i guess this goes for her and the whole family bc bipolar sounds awful sometimes. it sounds like bc she is young and they might think it is a mixed thing they might not really be even completely sure yet. its a long process and the best way i handled with it and still do since i'm still figuring out my meds is to think of them as treatment for whatever symptoms shes experiencing (anxiety...etc.) Then again its different for everyone. I moved out almost 2 years ago to go to college and im now living in my apartment dealing with this on my own but even tho i spent a lot of time yelling at my parents and trying to get them to leave me alone because i felt like they didnt understand i still remember some of the things they said to me. anything you say she might think about later when shes reflecting alone... i know i did. now i have a much better relationship with my entire family than i used to even though i'm still figuring things out with my bipolar disorder. i was awful when i was still in highschool bipolar disorder or no bipolar disorder but i was often just really stressed and didnt know how to cope with it. it'll come with time its extremely difficult and i;m sure youre both doing youre best
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