What a scary time. If you are being treated by an MD or pdoc who can write a report saying you are a good parent, you'll be OK. You may need an atty who "gets" this. Main thing is to remain as calm as possible, stay on your meds so IF the Ex takes this wicked tack, you can respond rationally. So many people have various brain disorders. If all the kids were taken away, we'd have nothing but orphans!

They will look at your prior bad acts if any, and possibly give you a psych consult to determine that you are a fit parent. I won't lie, my father had to go through court supervised visitation (only 2 hours a week), and monitored by state workers. He had prior abuse calims against him and was in a psych hospital for long stays in the recent past.

it might benefit you to ask your pdoc and your therapist to write a letter regarding your competency to raise your child.

I won't lie to you, this has happened in my family.

I've never been abusive. I yell sometimes, and I hate myself for that. I don't want to deal with this until after the divorce.

I would definitely get get a letter or something from your pdoc supporting your competency.

I know that if you are taking your meds and getting help your husband can't take your kids away from you.I went through the same thing with my ex and I was scared to death of the same thing.He can't use that against you.

Yes, your ex can do that. Mostly it is done when they don't want to pay child support or think that the child supprt that they are paying is not going to the care of the child.

My bro got his kids cause he did pay child support but then ended up with the kids mostly at his place because his wife was unable to handle the stress. Nothing big deal since he had them most of the time anyway but he went to court because he got tired of paying her to keep the kids when they were at his all the time.

Long story short: keep yourself looking good, talking good and have lots of people who KNOW how you interact with your kids to state such and such. That carries more weight than a pdoc stating that you are "in control".

F**k that!even if he did find out,you stand strong and fight for what is your's(and his)believe me,if anyone ever thinks that they could take the little joy that i have left (which are my kids)away from me they would have to go through hell and high water to get them !!!!your condition doesn't make you a bad mommy!

Dont tell anyone oyou are bp
You just dont want it to get around.

You cannot lose your child just because you have bipolar disorder.

They have to have proof that you are unable to take care of your son.

That would include undue yelling at him, such as, being in an irate tirade and cussing, name calling, or otherwise berating him.

Everyone yells sometimes, but to do it on a regular basis is very damaging.

I lost custody of my children. It was very very distressful.

As long as you are seeing a Dr. and you are keeping yourself relatively under control, and the state sees you as not being a threat to your son, you have no worries.

Personally, I gave custody of my children to their father. He was stable, in a stable relationship but I was all over the map. I do miss them terribly but they deserve the best and I can't/couldn't give that to them. I think it would be different if he was a jerk. I think so or I wouldn't have divorced him but he was a good dad.