Is it for moms only or not??

I am a mum. my daughter now 21yrs and i have been ill almost all of her life and i have a son now 14yrs.
I feel bad that I have let them both down, as i am unable to do as other mums do. go to perant evenings and stuff. they say its ok they understnd but then that is all they have ever nown.
Take care
hugs
Bett

Im a mom with a string of initials that 'define' me. I am a mom with a kid with mental disabilities as well...

Yep..I1ll go with that MUM with bp..I just dose meself up on valium for school meets etc..that does the trick!!

I've got a list of dx's a mile long and am the mother of a happy, healthy, 7 yr old boy!

I have a wonderful mom who tolerated my bipolar father for over 40 years until he died. I am a mother with bipolar disorder, with four sons 23,20,16,14. My 16 year old is mildly mentally challenged and the other three are adhd. I have broken a horrible cycle that my father began with us which is uncontrolled rage or high mania. I dont go there anymore and my kids are much healthier because of it. I feel peace in my family and true acceptance of my disorder. My husband takes up where I leave off when I have to. I am the best mother I can be under the circumstances and my family agrees.

I have a mum, I am a mum-grandmum-greatgrandmum and I'm bp. ho-dee-hum.

Stay-at-home-mom here!
Ella will be 2 next week. I worry about not doing enough for her these past few years - feel like the whole time I've had Post Partum Depression. But, I realize that I've done better than many "normie" moms out there.
YAY FOR FELLOW BP MOMMIES!!

Thanks for the great responses, I'd love to have you all in the Google group. Follow the link above.

Artsdolly...a great-grand-mum?!?!?

Bipolar mom here, with a 29 year old daughter and a 25 year old, autistic son.

Google Group for Bipolar Moms:
http://groups.google.com/group/bipolar-moms?hl=en

I think that AD was very sweet wanting to bow out and as a mom of 3 kids i would not want to belong to a moms group exclusively. Dad's who are at home also have a special set of challenges like... a wife who may get jealous of her husband having so many woman friends but the added challeng of being a stay at home dad and either working a later shift or not working at all, and when daddy's are supposed to be the bread winners and head of his castle i think guys feel they aren't doing enough. I think stay at home daddy's have it much harder then I do!!!!

Three cheers for stay at home daddy's!!!!!

I am a single mom of a 18 girl and a 13 boy. They are both struggling with me being BP.

Hi there,Im a freshly diagnosed bp mum of 2 beautiful children and just joined this site.I have struggled with depression and now bp,its nice to know there are other mums out there like me!

Thanks but ds is enough for me, we have mom's here too that are so supportive.

Thanks for the info anyway, may check it out one day