support for parents of mentally ill adults

...how did I do? My still new daughter in law is bipolar, and is very, very good about taking her medications. She still has her up and down days, of course, but they are usually easy to deal with. She wound up in ER on Friday (her parents took her, but I came over in the afternoon) with what they...

I'm not sure how to do this one - don't want to be the meddling mother in law, nor do I fully understand what I should be doing for the bipolar stuff. My son was recently married, he and his bride aren't living together because he's on his ship (Navy), and she's at college. However, she...

On Sunday difficult child turns 20. His twin sister does too...she is off at college, an A student, popular, intense, prone to very close friendships and a lot of drinking..but she will have friends and a celebration, and I sent her a box with soil disks and seeds so she can grow cooking herbs on her...

Telemarketing...if you don't bring in enough money, they cut your hours, and then let you go. Had it for ten weeks. He called me Sunday morning. Sounded very depressed. He might have a lead on another job via someone in the house. His friend sent him a text...she's upset because he hasn't...

Having a good morning, Tuesdays I get an extra half hour to laze in bed, don't have to start Kiddo's breakfast until 6am. Whee. So I cleaned my little bathroom, thought about what I want to do to brighten it up, that cheered me some. (I'm in a down mood stretch, chewing my legs over June when...

I guess this post is addressed to parents of addicts and to the parents of other difficult child's who engage in life-threatening behaviors, more than to all parents. The elephant in the room, in our dealing with our son, is the fact that he may die. In our particular situation, this is not academic. We...

It's been a few weeks since I ranted here about both my girls, and you all were so kind in responding and supporting me. It really helped me get through a very tough time. I wanted to give an update. Youngest: kidney stones/infections are coming and going because of the pregnancy, but seem...

I really wonder if I am this horrible person for feeling this way, but it is truly the way I feel. Just the sight of him makes me "uh!". I dread dealing with him. He is suppose to sleep in the family room because he still pees in the bed. It amazes me, he can stay dry when at a friends house...

How'd difficult child's court date go?

Well, yesterday I went over to see my difficult child's new place. There was a part of me that didn't want to see it, because once seen, then I would have to think about that in the long night bumming out that she is in an unsafe "dump." My SO said what he always says, which makes me laugh, "gird your...

Our daughter, mid twenties, has bipolar illness and a physical health concern. She is on disability. She has off and on entitlement issues, which we dissuade. She often tries to get little part time/temp jobs, but has many problems with this. Sometimes she succeeds and might get a little work for a...

I will try to make this as short as possible. I am a long time member but don't post very often. This board has been a tremendous help to me over the years with my now 25 year old difficult child who was adopted at age 11. I am a single mom. She has been in and out of the house for the past 3 to 4 years...

I'm not normally into pity parties but today I just can't quit crying and I don't know where else to go. Some sleep would be real good but too worked up at this point to and I need to be at SSA in a couple hours with 2 years bank statements and can't find January. The girls did exactly what...

We have been putting money in a jug all year. As of Sept 10 there was $700. Today we were taking it to the bank. There was about 670 missing. He tried to lie. I told him he had one chance to keep us from calling the cops. He said be hadn't taken that much, he'd not done it for months, he'd pay...

difficult child is 40-something days clean and sober (43, 44? something like that). Things are still pretty good with him (although his bipolar still comes through and we are reminded how valuable it is to spend limited time with him (2 hrs, mostly). We're sticking to that. But we're weird is that as difficult child...

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I posted here back in July I think. I had a tough summer "detaching" from my 33 year old son. I have enabled him for years and he is barely working if at all, just failing as an adult in a major way. It is like ground hog day talking to him, which I do A LOT less than I ever did before. He...

So, Youngest and her fiance and kids finally moved out week before last, while I was on vacation. They drove down to Florida and were staying with his parents, until he started work and they could move into a newly rented home. It was a weird sensation, coming home from the beach to an empty...

Well, part of me wants to jump for joy that he is even thinking about moving home, but the other part of me knows that we have such a long road ahead of us. My husband and I have already decided that at this time he cannot move home. He has not been able to (or even looked for a job), he's not in...

Hi all, I am bringing this to you for voices of sincere reason, and logic. I'm really torn on what to do to help vs. can he help himself vs. he's lazy vs. he's depressed. So here it is in a nutshell - Dude is living with foster family - they are supposed to take him to job interviews...