Bipolar Disorder Support Group

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. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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Jenniferswe
Jenniferswe

As I battle this terrible bout of drepression, I have a lot crying spells.  My 19 yr old son with Asperger's syndome, sees me and gets angry.  He tells me that he's depressed beause I'm depressed all the time.  I told him, "Hey!  I can't help it!"  and "I'm doing the best I can."


I don't hear very much from family anymore.  My dad calls every few weeks to see how I'm doing.


Our family doesn't have big gatherings during the holidays anymore.  I think it's because of social media and everyone is spread over long distances.


I don't have many friends close by.


I've feeling lonely without anyone to comfort me.

OlderCPer
OlderCPer
I'm sure its hard, having a child with an emotional illness is not the easiest to manage when your at your best. Is he calmer if you don't react to his outbursts? When my oldest was 18 his ADD and Depression kind of crashed into this perfect storm of constant anger and just unreasonablness, he had also just reached an age where he could decide whether to take medication or not and like an idiot chose not to. So he tended to feed off of whatever else was happening and could be aggressive. I finally just stopped responding to any aggressiveness or anger and the less I reacted the calmer he stayed.

Are there any Support Group in your area that you could check out to see if you could find some realtime Support. Being alone and handling this disease is no easy chore. You might check with your Pdoc or the local hospital, they would have info. on any support groups.

Take care and hope things take an upturn soon.
Kat
Jenniferswe
Jenniferswe
Thank you
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