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okay for a while now my moms mental health had been droppin drastically...dillusions and constant mood swings and tons of other sypmtoms that go with bi-polar disorder. today she went in and explained to the doctor what was happening to her...after we all told her we thought she was bi polar she wanted to go see for herself. Well as we all thought she is bi polar and she has been put on medication...but we as a family really don't know how to deal with this. She will be on medication to help her but things seem different now that we truly now what is wrong. What can we as a family do to help support her in the drastic change in our lives? (link)
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I'm bipolar, pretty severe type 2 bipolar as a matter of fact. I've been on meds for over a year... what I can tell you is that it's going to be harder for her than you could ever understand. She's older than I, that I assume, so it'll probably be even harder for her than it's been for me.
I've switch meds three times and now they have me on three different meds at once. Each one makes things different but I was never sure if it was better. I'm still not stable, a year later, and things are up and down and that is what you have to be prepared for.
I know I've forgotten what NORMAL is... I'm only used to up and down and up and down and she probably is too. She might have trouble with the changes, not being able to get back to that maniac high happy really upset me when I started meds. It was my happy place.
You need to realize that bipolars live in a different world than you do and the normal range of emotions doesn't feel right. I pray your mother responds well to the medications they have her on, unlike me. I pray she doesn't have to change and experiment and get frustrated, but if she does all you can do to support her is bare with with her and support her. Be there for her when things get hard and be there to celebrate with her when things are good.
She might say things that are cruel without knowing it. This happened to me a lot when they first started me on meds. I didn't understand, and she might not either. Just realize that your mother needs you, now more than ever and that it'll be hard. I know that if people had known this for me, I would have been thankful... so very thankful.
I wish her the best of luck and pray she does better than I, with all of my heart.
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