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.
so my daughter isnt fully diagnosed with bipolar but the older she gets the more they are leaning towards it, i havent posted on here much lately, but the last two days have been pure hell. anyhow i decided to try something, and i went on youtube and i typed in bipolar and tantrum, tons of videos popped up, several were identical to how my daughter handles herself, and i let her watch one, to see if she got it, but some of these videos are borderline abusive, and i know for a fact i may have to handle certain situations with a little more aggression than i would like but i would never post anything on youtube showing it, does anyone else find this odd, or is it just me
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I find myself going places in the car and not wanting to get out of the car. I come back home and I don't want to get out of the car. I think it's the only time I spend reflecting. Chronic tiredness from Long Covid plus the immunosupressing meds for my Crohn's is slowing me down but everything just seems a massive effort. I am dealing with the paperwork following my father's death but it's not...
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I'd really suggest you keep away from the you tube stuff. You really can't diagnose or take advice re your daughter on the basis of what you say are videos are basically abusive.
Don't forget things like Borderline Personality disorder is probably down to inconsistent parenting and Borderline looks alot like Bipolar.
You don't know if these children are tantruming out of previous abuse.
I'd probably agree with you putting up videos of your own children when they are distressed isn't exactly model parenting.
It's going to be hard, she's on the Autism spectrum (right?), already has a diagnosis of ODD I think and you are going through a divorce. It's a lot on you, it's alot on her too.