Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 765855" data-attributes="member: 3305">Mindinggaps.&nbsp; I’m so glad you’re here with us as so many parents just starting down this path with their child don’t know what to think or where to start.&nbsp; Your lifetime experience with mental illness and medication is invaluable!&nbsp; I wish we had had someone like you here when my sons were teenagers.&nbsp; I have Bipolar Disorder.&nbsp; I was not diagnosed until I was 40 years old after having a psychotic breakdown that almost lead to my death.&nbsp; It was very horrifying.&nbsp; I had visual hallucinations of seeing the devil, I heard a woman’s voice become a man’s, I heard God telling me to do things from the radio, smelled the air turn into a burning furnace and thought it was the end of the world, thought my husband was taking me to the edge of town to bury me and many other paranoid delusions.&nbsp; I had to be hospitalized for a week until they “brought me back” with medication.&nbsp; I have been taking lots of medication ever since.&nbsp; Before the breakdown happened I thought I was just depressed and had anxiety most of my life.&nbsp; I got on antidepressants 2 years prior to the breakdown and looking back I learned that what happened next was me going manic.&nbsp; I met a woman on Facebook and thought she and I could write a book traveling around the country interviewing people about, of all things, Bipolar disorder lol since my sons had been diagnosed with it.&nbsp; I started drinking on this write a book experience after being sober since I was 25 as I am a recovering alcoholic.&nbsp; My husband could have also divorced me due to my behavior at that time when I got manic from taking an antidepressant (Lexapro) without a mood stabilizer and not knowing I had Bipolar disorder.&nbsp; I wish my mother had known or investigated what was wrong with me when I was a little girl and would rage.&nbsp; I just got called a spoiled brat.&nbsp; I became the black sheep in my family.&nbsp; I started drinking alone in my room at age 13.&nbsp; I was a very depressed child. Anyway, I’m glad you’re here and willing to share your journey with so many.&nbsp; Also glad your journey seems to be successful due to your medication compliance.&nbsp; Congratulations on a happy ending. LMS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 765855, member: 3305"] Mindinggaps. I’m so glad you’re here with us as so many parents just starting down this path with their child don’t know what to think or where to start. Your lifetime experience with mental illness and medication is invaluable! I wish we had had someone like you here when my sons were teenagers. I have Bipolar Disorder. I was not diagnosed until I was 40 years old after having a psychotic breakdown that almost lead to my death. It was very horrifying. I had visual hallucinations of seeing the devil, I heard a woman’s voice become a man’s, I heard God telling me to do things from the radio, smelled the air turn into a burning furnace and thought it was the end of the world, thought my husband was taking me to the edge of town to bury me and many other paranoid delusions. I had to be hospitalized for a week until they “brought me back” with medication. I have been taking lots of medication ever since. Before the breakdown happened I thought I was just depressed and had anxiety most of my life. I got on antidepressants 2 years prior to the breakdown and looking back I learned that what happened next was me going manic. I met a woman on Facebook and thought she and I could write a book traveling around the country interviewing people about, of all things, Bipolar disorder lol since my sons had been diagnosed with it. I started drinking on this write a book experience after being sober since I was 25 as I am a recovering alcoholic. My husband could have also divorced me due to my behavior at that time when I got manic from taking an antidepressant (Lexapro) without a mood stabilizer and not knowing I had Bipolar disorder. I wish my mother had known or investigated what was wrong with me when I was a little girl and would rage. I just got called a spoiled brat. I became the black sheep in my family. I started drinking alone in my room at age 13. I was a very depressed child. Anyway, I’m glad you’re here and willing to share your journey with so many. Also glad your journey seems to be successful due to your medication compliance. Congratulations on a happy ending. LMS [/QUOTE]

Verification