My family argues and looks down on me. My parents don’t talk to me. Honestly, I feel my siblings know that I am sick but love to see me struggling. They argue with me but I usually argue back to tell them I have bipolar. Now I don’t care for a relationship,

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I just had a panic attack, which happens very often. I have also been told that I have symptoms of bipolar disorder. I have also been diagnosed with chronic insomnia, which can also be ideopathic insomnia and Im depressed. Just getting through the day is tough for me, and Im always anxious. Within the last year, I basically stopped socializing, and its quite uncomfortable for me to even talk. With all this going on, I have no support from ANYONE not a doctor, a shrink, or my family. My father thinks I am pretending, when I have my anxiety attacks and my mood swings, and My mother knows theres something wrong with me but she doesn’t want to deal with is. Im 15, and Ive had anxiety from since I was 8. Or so I remember.I am now 15. I dont remember any traumatic incident either. My mother refuses to take me to a doctor, because she doesn’t believe anything or anyone can help me. She also doesn’t believe in therapist, and thinks once I visit one, it will go on my record, and I will be marked as crazy for life. Right now im so tired of living like this, and I dont really care what society marks me as. I try to bottle my feelings and forget about them, but this past year has been so horrible. Im not really close to anyone I can talk to, and I dont really talk to my mother. I try to pray about things, but I have suicidal thoughts. My family also doesn’t have alot of money. I feel like my life is still going, and Im just stuck standing in a bubble watching everything happen.
Im so depressed. Is there anything I can do with my situation to get help, or any other suggestions on ANYTHING I can do to change?
Im so lost.
But thanks in advance, and yes I know. Im screwed.

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There are several symptoms to bipolar disorder that are often attributed to mood swings or disregarded as insignificant. However, manic depression is a severe disorder that can drastically impact a person’s life and stability. It can also be very difficult to handle for the loved ones of the person with the illness. People who are close to a person with manic depressive disorder can take the symptoms of the illness personally, when really there are neurons in the person’s brain that induce them to act a certain way that is out of their control. It is hard to see that sometimes though, especially when there are emotions involved. It can also be difficult not to fall into the same mood swings as the patient has. Bipolar marriages, bipolar pregnancies, and bipolar families are all very difficult to deal with. Listed ahead are a few tips indication how you can treat a loved one with the disorder.

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(I drink and smoke weed all the time and I’m trying to quit)I’m 29 years old, I live with my dad, I have 3 older siblings. My mom passed away when I was 18.(2 weeks before my 19th birthday). I have been in trouble with the law since I’ve been 16. I recently got a DUI back in June.(this would be my 3rd DUI). I have come to realize that every time I have been arrested or in trouble, alcohol has been involved. I saw a psychiatrist in April and he put me on Lexapro for my anxiety disorder(bipolar disorder). I have been going to group counseling(required by the state) and I have come to realize that not 1 member of this family has tried to reach out and help me with my alcohol addiction. NOT ONCE! My family only helps me when it’s too late. I really want to stop drinking, and I’ve tried, but my dad will make dinner or somethin’ and he’ll tell me “there’s beer in the fridge”. I can’t take this anymore, considering that my dad said this family gave up on me, but did they ever care in the first place. I try to talk to my dad about my mental disorder and alcoholism but all he ever tells me is “you’re not an alcoholic” or “you don’t have a mental disorder”. WHY DOES MY DAD NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF HIS CHILDREN IS MESSED UP IN THE HEAD??? remember, that my dad knows that I drink all the time, and I smoke weed all the time(I want to say used too, because I’m trying to stop) Once again, not one person in this family has ever talked to me about my drinking problem. He knows I go to AA meetings and counseling, but pretty much laughs at me.
another way of putting it is why does my family look the other way with my serious problems

my boyfriend of 8 months recently broke up with me (and by recently i mean about 3 hours ago) and i know he did it because of my dramatic behavior and rapid-cycling mood swings.

i love him and he loved me (i dont know if he still does) and i really want him back. i have also pulled away from my parents and lately cant even hold a conversation with them without it turning into a huge screaming fight.

i am on medication and my doctor recently ‘upped’ my dosage, but i dont feel that it has helped any. i plan to call and make an appointment when her office opens but i could really use some advice as how to pull myself together and repair my relationships with my loved ones.

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