My mother was diagnosed as bipolar about 5 years ago, after I had been out of her home several years. Previous diagnoses include depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, hypothyroidism, chronic insomnia, sleep apnea & hypoglycemia. She has visited half a dozen doctors to get these diagnoses. She continually cycles through taking medicine from 1 doctor as prescribed, to taking medicine from several docs who do not know she is doctor shopping, to all-herbal(and I mean like, 20 - 30 different supplements a day), to no medicine.
With each new diagnosis/treatment, she seems to believe that she has turned a corner. If I try to talk to her about behaviors that seem harmful, she becomes too tearful and sleepy to talk. Recently, she has done some very hurtful things. I'm beyond trying to confront her about it.
Does anyone have a similar situation that turned out well? I keep hoping for the best, but her behavior gets more erratic and hurtful as time goes by.
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It's possible.
I was diagnosed at age 7 as Bipolar among other things. I had done the whole 20 different doctors 50 billion different pills sometimes all at the same time deal a few hospital stays until I found my "magic" pills. They don't solve everything but I do live a somewhat normal life. The symtoms are very mild but still there. So it is possible. For some though there is no "magic" pills and even more popular is they just don't find them. Always have hope for her though. You don't even know how hard it is to have this. It is the worst feeling in the world to not be able to control your feelings/what you are feeling when you are feeling it. To feel happy when someone you love got dianosed with an uncurable disease is the weirdest/and worst feeling in the world…to not have any control over your feelings in awful. To not be in control of your situation is bad enough for most…to not be in control of anything is a very hopeless feeling. You feel very alone to say the least.
Just know that that is not her. She is not doing those things on purpose. Know that she loves you and can't control it. Keep working on a finding her "magic" pills. Know that she will never completely be herself again though. This is a part of her..and it will never be completly gone.
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