d-man

You should send her to a specialist to help straighten her out. How long has she been like this?

Tom-Guy

Recent onset? How close to menopause is she? Are there any overt signs of paranoia that might mean something other than bipolar?

TurboG

JD

HMT Resident Doctor

has a ring to it.

But back to the subject. I have an auntie that is bi-polar and alot of patience is needed. Make an appt. for a specialist to get a diagnosis before you jump to conclusions

imburne

I had depression when I was younger. For a few years as a matter a fact. I took prozak for a few months. I remember I was on those things and the sun was hot as ----. I walked in front of a truck completely in a daze.. Luckily I didnt get hit, but the guy who was driving and his lady wanted to ------- kill me. Anyhow the prozack sucked and I smoked weed instead and it made me feel a ---- load better. Eventually I just got over the depression "naturally" with pot. Start getting your mom high or give her some. Might help her cope.

What JD said makes a hella lot of sense as well. Menopause makes some women nuts.

RotaryGeek

my neighbor was manic depresant and bi polar. she was crazy as ----. she chased the tooth fairy around the front yard with a butcher knife. my dad had to take it from her and stab a tree and tell her he got it to get her to calm down. she ended up getting cancer and dying last year. we pretty much adopted her to daughters. it tore there family apart. there dad was the first one killed in the famous luby's shootout in killeen texas if you wanna google that. niether daughter could stand to be around her at all. they dont even want the house she left to them. they both said no to it.

b18.

My mother is Bi-polar schizophrenic

As far as mood fluctuation they usually prescribe mao b inhibitors, or rather opiate derived dopamine antagonists. You could try to get her something along those lines to help. There are also an abundance of "natural" or rather non-prescription treatments for seretonin related fluctuation. I read up on it when I figured out what causes these kind of ailments, when I was little and I had discovered the internet. My condolences my friend, it's a terrible thing to see someone you love mentally decomposing.
Keep yo head up *****.

juli0_bustamante

well, she is 46 and im not sure whether she is bipolar or a schitzo, either way its been getting worse. A while back she spent all this money on cars my dad didnt even need and he was stuck having to refi cause moms little scheme to make her own money never happend. luckily she only bought 1 of the 2 cars she wants and my dad was left with a 40k debt on a new 07 Honda ridgeline and various other bullshit purchases. This is why i decided to come home and help out financially for my dad and for myself. Mind you she has been weirding out a lot more and more since that happend over some months back.

So here i am living at home and paying rent to help. She come to where im staying. ( back house ) and goes trhough my ----. She then accuses me of doing cocaine. She didnt have the nerve to confront me so she tells my dad and i speak to him. I assure him that i'm crazy and not stupid and he asks if i ever smoke pot, to which i say yes. I dont see the need of hiding that. SO that was 3 weekks back and today she told me that me and my dad think we want her out of the house ( she told my dad yesterday morning she didnt want to live here naymore ) when thats not the case. She leabes yesterday in the morning and no one has seen her all that day. She call and asks my dad to pick her up from a friends house cause she doesnt feel well. I drop my dad off and he brings her back. Mind you she said she didnt want to live here anymore.

Today i get back from taking my son and my 2 little twin bros from the beach and my dad informs me that my mom has called the cops to have them remover me from the house cause she thinks im still on drugs and wants me to not influence my other 5 siblings to follow my bad habits. I then proceed to go to her room where she tells me she doesnt want to speak to me. I calmly ask her to tell me what her problem is with me ( my dad was behind me ) and she says "go away, the cops are on the way". I ask her why she called them and she replies " cause i dont want you hear anymore, you and your dad think im crazy". I then tell her that this is not the way to deal with me and she then tells me to take my ---- and go somewhere. There is more to the conversatoin i had prior to the cops getting to the house so ill stop here.

Cops get to talking to me and my dad and we both explain to them the situation with the mental state and how we think something isnt right with her. They talk to her and one of the officers indeed notices her odd behavior and advices us to be as understanding as possinble and to tkae her to the doctor ASAP.

She has a appt tomorrow and i hope they can help her. I dont know how well i can deal with this so im trying to vent via HMT. Its tuff on me and my dad, we both didnt see this coming and are now faced with trying to do what we can for her.

She hates my dad right now and dislikes me for whatever reason. My other siblings are doing what they can but most of them are young and only 2 are old enough to understand. Its hard when i have such a large family ( oldest of 7 ) and my dad is the only one who works. Moms is just moms and has raised us. Not to mention my son is 4 and comes to me crying that grandma doesnt want him in her house....wack!

Sorry for the long rant. this s hould have been in the 1st post.

Bone1

manic depressive, possible bipolar, no meds but beer, yes I'm an alky.

If I ween myself off beer, I become a recluse and will only go outside at night (ever noticed my weird hours of posting?) but just call it a "mind funk".......

With drinking beer, I limit myself to 6x16oz a day or less. I can and have binge drink, always the last one standing when drinking beer. If I buy a 12 pack, I'll drink it all in about 3 hours or less. If I buy a case I drink till I blackout or passout.

I'm not a fan of taking pills everyday IF I could afford any meds. Aspirin is about all I take and only rhen for a migrane.

I used to smoke pot, daily in 1999. It made my panic attacks WORSE so I quit a job of 14 years making 40k+/yr due to stress.

Guy-Fast

Jd is right and people just dont become Bi polar. Manic Depression has it is known is hardly something that is grown into. It is something you are born with


I myself was diagnosed with Manic Depression in my youth after seeing doctors starting at the age of 4. I was actually diagnosed autistic at the age of 4 due to never speaking and being socially withdrawn from my family etc


My parents didn't use that has an excuse to treat me has special or lacking. I actually begin speaking around 4 1/2 and my first words were construction worker


Years went by and I had social issues fighting not wanting to conform to school rules etc yet excelled in academics winning national awards in mathematics and sciences has a youth.


Now anxiety and mania are perhaps the worst things about it. Yet, controlling of it can be had. People just blame every action on a disorder. I have found this not to be the case.


My mania and depression were on set at there worse during my early 20's which I did use Lithium.That point in my life I can see why the suicide rate is so high with people who are BI Polar and honestly didnt think I was going to get out of it alive. Though logic spoke to me that yes Im a little nuts but was more upset with my life and current girlfriend more than anything. After the ending of that and getting back to reality and staying busy I dropped the drugs and havent used ever since


Now I do use natural ways which honestly I have felt work better than the Lithium ever did. I also always write/play music/build do odd stuff at my shop. This is what I think has made all the difference for me.I never once felt I couldnt do something


When I couldnt do something because my brain was telling me I couldnt, I overcame that fear. Bi Polar can easily grab people has it has me numerous times in my life and dealingl with mode swings for no reason sucks ***. But I have taught myself that really not getting caught up in the moment is the key. Once you start and getting in that Manic state of mind your FUCKED. You do ---- you wont remember nor things you said. You almost black out.


Basically your mom is probly bummed about her life and going through mid life criss. Along with menopause.

Tom-Guy

Yup, paranoid schitzophrenia FTW!!

It's okay, dude, my mom went batshit when I was 17, had a hysterical sobbing crying nervous breakdown within two years. By the time I was 25 she'd become some sort of Zen Mystic who'd settled all her bullshit and wasn't phased by anything. Be supportive, get her some help, sucks to be you right now but frankly you'll go through worse ---- X10 in your life.