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???difficult child's Aware They Have BiPolar???????
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 158971" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">No matter the amount of lengthy discussions we've had, both in the doctors office and out, my difficult child always defers to me for an answer when someone asks her why she's on medication. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I don't know that she would clearly state, "I do not have BiPolar (BP)" or anything else for that matter. I truly do not think that my difficult child has acknowledged and accepted any of her diagnosis except the tourettes, because in her world it's the only diagnosis with an outward symptom - to HER. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">My difficult child does not feel that her BiPolar (BP)/depression symptoms are anything of the sort. Immediately following a BiPolar (BP) meltdown, she will acknowledge it privately to me. But if we're with a DR or just chatting at any other time, she looks at me as if I jsut announced that she has dog poop on her head. I mean, she clearly separates herself and her behaviors from her diagnosis. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">on the other hand, only ONE of her doctors has ever said definitively that she has BiPolar (BP). All the others have said 'mood disorder' or 'depression with occasional manic behaviors'. And the one Dr who said the actual diagnosis of BiPolar (BP) is our family DR and although difficult child loves this Dr, she doesn't feel that she is qualified to give that diagnosis. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">My difficult child is fully aware of how her body reacts when she's stopped her medications and because of that she usually stays on them and is currently trying very hard to remember to take them without my reminders. So, I think on some level she can acknowledge to herself, in the privacy of her own mind, that she has BiPolar (BP) or "some such thing" and needs to take her medications. However, if you were to ask her why she takes medications she will likely say, "Because my mom says I have to" or she will just look at me for the answer.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">Despite how far we've come in the area of 'awareness', mental illness and brain disorders still carry a very heavy stigma. At this point, with my difficult child, I feel that I've done all I can and she will have to figure the rest out for herself. At least she's interested in starting her therapy again, which is a good sign.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I think as a mom of a difficult child, it's your natural instinct to pick up on symptoms with your grandson. It would be very sad if because of her anger towards you, your daughter put her son's life at risk. Do you have any legal say in his health care?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 158971, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]No matter the amount of lengthy discussions we've had, both in the doctors office and out, my difficult child always defers to me for an answer when someone asks her why she's on medication. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I don't know that she would clearly state, "I do not have BiPolar (BP)" or anything else for that matter. I truly do not think that my difficult child has acknowledged and accepted any of her diagnosis except the tourettes, because in her world it's the only diagnosis with an outward symptom - to HER. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]My difficult child does not feel that her BiPolar (BP)/depression symptoms are anything of the sort. Immediately following a BiPolar (BP) meltdown, she will acknowledge it privately to me. But if we're with a DR or just chatting at any other time, she looks at me as if I jsut announced that she has dog poop on her head. I mean, she clearly separates herself and her behaviors from her diagnosis. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]on the other hand, only ONE of her doctors has ever said definitively that she has BiPolar (BP). All the others have said 'mood disorder' or 'depression with occasional manic behaviors'. And the one Dr who said the actual diagnosis of BiPolar (BP) is our family DR and although difficult child loves this Dr, she doesn't feel that she is qualified to give that diagnosis. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]My difficult child is fully aware of how her body reacts when she's stopped her medications and because of that she usually stays on them and is currently trying very hard to remember to take them without my reminders. So, I think on some level she can acknowledge to herself, in the privacy of her own mind, that she has BiPolar (BP) or "some such thing" and needs to take her medications. However, if you were to ask her why she takes medications she will likely say, "Because my mom says I have to" or she will just look at me for the answer.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]Despite how far we've come in the area of 'awareness', mental illness and brain disorders still carry a very heavy stigma. At this point, with my difficult child, I feel that I've done all I can and she will have to figure the rest out for herself. At least she's interested in starting her therapy again, which is a good sign.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I think as a mom of a difficult child, it's your natural instinct to pick up on symptoms with your grandson. It would be very sad if because of her anger towards you, your daughter put her son's life at risk. Do you have any legal say in his health care?[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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