Bipolar Disorder

I am 22 years old and have been diagnosed with bi polar syndrom since my jr year in high school i also have extream impulsive disorder where i buy or do things on a whim even though i know i need to do other things or shouldnt spend my money. I forget to pay my bills i can have the money orders in my purse for weeks and just forget to turn them in. I can be told to do something or to get something while i am out and forget it befor i hit the door, because my mind is always going crazy. I have 2 beautiful...

I also am a mother of a son with Bipolar Disorder.I know the concern and the worry and heartbreak that goes along with seeing one you love so much, suffer so badly.My precious son is 27 years old and even though he has not actually made an actual move to harm himself (swallowing nails) he does constantly threaten to harm himself so I do live in daily concern that he might which is terrible.I do not know if you have found the problems I have found with professional help or not but when I tried to get h...

i believe my spouse has this.. shes a different person.. mood swings.. violent at times.. abusive.. controlling... lying alot.. thinking people plot against her.. cleaning freak.. overpowering.. normal at times... can be very domering.. bullying.. self harm blaming others for brusing.. have been thrown out by her and unreal anger 14 times.. thinks she has HRT problem.. im close to divorce over her.. wont accept she is very ill.. its hell on earth.. please advise.. she can be so so dangerous.. we all fear...

I am a daughter who's mom is bipolar. Just recently my mother has gotten worse due to my uncle's death. It seems like everytime something traumatic happens in our family, she gets bad. This has been going on ever since I was a little girl i'm now 37 yrs old. It hurts ever much to watch my mother this way.Many people don't understand this illness.It use to be hard to understand mom's illness until I watched a movie called : A Beautiful Mind after watching this it has helped a great deal.

My sister is bipolar & generally stays on her meds, although she loves the manic side, so does a bit of tweaking w/ her meds. She has 3 adult children & has remained married to their father for 30 yrs. She is loving to her children, although I think she didn't have the ability to set very good boundaries. For ex:, she allowed teenagers to stay after midnight & drink alcohol in her home because "she thought it was rude to tell them they had to leave". Our mother lived nearby & tried to give the grandk...

My son is 41 yrs. old and they put him on cymbalta 20mg twice a day. Also on risperdal 0.5mg once a day, At bedtime he takes seroquel 50mg. He had abdominal surgery to remove nails that he swallowed. He had 8 major surgerys in 9 months and finally they had to take out part of the colon. Now doctors say he will not live through another surgery so they will not operate again if he swallows another nail. His depression gets bad and he wants to die but not by his hand. He thinks if he dies in surgery it won...