My family is really getting to me.  I had to listen to my stepmoms brothers wife tell me that until the child can take care of themselves ie pay there own bills, and be comletly responsible for themselves they are still their kids and will be treated as such and your parents are getting older what would you do if they were gone say it would happen tommorow.  What would you do?  I looked at her and said well i would cry and then i would do the job i did last year working with special needs children.  I made good money doing that.  Why cant you do that now?  Well you know I was just recently hospitalized I am just now getting used to a new medication for one and two I want to take it slowly so i dont get stressed and it just happens again.  So, i am just taking one class and going to work part time.  I guess she understood cuz she didnt say anything else. I want to help my family now that im not manic anymore and not going on spending sprees every second I can help.  I feel really bad that i only get 543$ on SSI and they have to pay most of my bills.  But hey!  I'm trying.  I wonder if anyone of you is in this boat.  If they are do we sink or swim?