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Sat, 03-18-2006 - 8:00am

Hi to all. I am new to this broad. I have read some posts and know that I need to keep coming back. I have had mental trouble since I was a teen but I thought everybody was like I was. It wasn't till about 1997 that I finally told my dr. She put me on Zoloft. In 2003 I found out that I am bipolar. I didn't tell anyone in my family till this year. I've never been sure how to explain how I feel or what I go through on a daily basis. My mom (who btw is not the nicest person in the world) keeps comparing me to people that my sisters work with. I don't know those people.

Do you find it hard to explain bp to loved ones? Does it irrate you when loved ones just keep asking ? that you can't seem to answer?

Thank you for listening.
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Sat, 03-18-2006 - 8:33am

Welcome to the board, I'm glad you found us!


Telling/dealing with our families (and others) is something we almost all struggle with to some extent.

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Mon, 03-20-2006 - 9:38am
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Mon, 03-20-2006 - 9:59am

Hi and Welcome to the board, glad you found us !!!

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Registered: 11-03-2005
Mon, 03-20-2006 - 11:40am
Thank all of you.
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Registered: 10-02-2003
Mon, 03-20-2006 - 3:06pm

welcome to the board. I know you will find support here. This a great place. I hope I can be of some help to you in the future and I look forward to getting to know you.


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 03-20-2006 - 7:25pm

I can totally relate to your post. My mom constantly is asking how I am doing and once my sister called her to tell her something was really wrong with me because I had called the doctor (because I was PMSing really bad, LOL). That is why I tried to hide it. My extended family does not know and I won't tell them.

Sometimes my family is supportive other times they are not, it really bugs me.

I can not seem to explain the disorder to any of them nor have I really tried. I don't want them to know how bad my depression gets (my dh kind of knows). It would only make them question me more. Does that make sense?

Welcome to the board. I hope I answered your questioned. Basically I was just trying to agree with how you feel.

Missy

 
 
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Registered: 08-30-2002
Tue, 03-21-2006 - 1:59am

I'm not bipolar but my partner is. I have tried really hard to learn as much as I can but sometimes it is still difficult for me. Most our issues revolve around acting out he did while manic and psychotic. I do have an advantage in that I was once delusuional in reaction to a medication so I can understand being trapped in a place mentally that I wanted to get out of but there was nothing I could do to make that happen.
But the worst is that my family, except for my mom (which is a huge suprise), has been just awful. One family member told me that there was no definitive diagnosis for bp and that he's really just a methanphetamine freak (he's not, never tried it). Another feels it's necesarry to inform me every time there is something on the news related to someone with MI that does something awful and remind me every time I talk to them. The end result is that I have not even told my family he has moved back home. I just didn't need the greif.
It's sad. I know I would like to be able to turn to my own family for support but they are narrow minded and incapable. So I pick and choose who I tell. I have given up all hope of support and understanding from some people and sort of lean on the ones I can.

He too has lost friends over this. His family is great, though sometimes his mom says things that piss me off. This is the mom that did nothing when he was suicidally depressed 10 years ago and blamed me and our dd for his psychotic break initially. I have to give her credit though that she is TRYING to learn more and has gotten out of denial and blaming.

Good luck and big hugs to you.