Family & Friends of Bipolar Support Group
This community is dedicated to parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives and friends of someone who is Bipolar. The purpose of this community is to help families and friends develop greater patience and understanding, as well as maintain a positive, caring relationships with those diagnosed as Bipolar.

AGAIN she is claiming to be so depressed that she wants to kill herself. She isn't on meds, she self medicated with weed and alcohol. She gets high or drink and sends nasty texts to me telling me I'm just a price of shit basically. Nitpicking every little detail even things that have happened 18 years ago (we are 36 years old. Fraternal (thank goodness) twins). I can't take the verbal abuse anymore it's maddening. I stopped calling or reaching out because I'm met with negative responses from her. She is stressing my dad out by calling him all the time and talking about suicide and how she is depressed etc. She is going through a hard time most of her relationships are strained where she lives due to her toix behavior. She never sees anything wrong with her actions and everyone else is the problem. My dad called memlast night asking for help and for me to call suicide line again and local police, so I did! Suicide hot line was a freaking joke. The guy said he will call her when he gets a moment because he has to answer incoming calls first before outgoing calls. She moved I didn't have her new address and called poilce who dis not have her current address and refused to ping her cell phone. She sent nasty text messages saying I was trying to get her into trouble by calling police and suicide hotline. I didn't let her know that my dad was the one asking me to do so as she would have lashed out at him and he doesn't need anymore bullshit from her.
I guess im just venting to people who I know will understand how hard it is to have a family member who is meantally I'll and bipolar at that which makes it hard. I have cut her off officially today no more responding to her text messages I don't want to but I feel I have no choice. I have to set boundaries on my health and I can't take her toxicity.
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I'm feeling down,, and got alot on my mind right now. I got grief going on, on top my depression and anxiety and now I got to worry about somewhere to live since I can't afford living here since my mom passed. So many bad things have happened since my mom passed. One thing after another it seems. Yesterday our fence fell from a storm that hit, had to call someone to prop it up. Thank...
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Just wanted to give a thank you to Mid, Arfie, Malibumark, Greeneyes, Mlro, Girlincalif, and Suncloudjd! You all always have such helpful tips and advice, but I always forget to write on my posts when I see you post, lol. I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my body, lol. Thank you all so much! I'm starting to use my AI app as a sounding board again. I used to use it as that before...
I can tell you from my own experience, the police took me to hospital the first time. once in the emergency room 'I talked my way out'. I've started and stopped my medication many times. Burned out people in my life...including family...my brother once said to me 'I can't deal with your anger" this was in the early days of my dx.
What is happening with your sister is that she 'is getting away' with her behavior and holding you and your father emotional hostages with her threats of suicide. You can't control what she does, sometimes before acceptance comes of needing to get help, one has to fall.
Has she ever actually taken pills, self harm to commit suicide before? If so, you can call the police and tell them she is at risk to harming herself and hurting other people by being under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/hawaii-suicide-hotlines.html
Have you sought help through community resources? If you search NAMI you can find support groups like this one, but face to face for you and your dad to learn how to best help her while keeping those boundaries in place. I remember being so angry with my family but now realize they couldn’t help me until I was ready to help myself..