Parents of Bipolar Children Support Group

My daughter was diagnosed at age 11 she is now 22 and it just does not get better. I am pulling my hair out. What makes it worse she is married and has a baby so I worry about the baby. My daughter loves to pounce me every chance she gets and the stress is getting to be to much. I have fibromyalgia and she could care less that the stress is making me worse and puts me in a lot of pain. We have already been through so much with her and I try to stay out of her life but I have a grandchild that needs to be safe and a child who lies and wont take her meds. What do you do? She steals from us when she comes over. She gets her brothers all worked up. How do I deal with her. I need ideas. I am all out. We have done all the therapy and doctor visits and hospital stays. Any advice out there? I am desperate.

What do you mean by "pounce"? And does she live with you?

Mines 19 and luckily no baby or spouce but she seems to get worse with age instead of better and takes her meds does all her appts etc...Im about at my end too I dont know what we can do to help them.

Does she get mad at the baby??

I no mine treats me like crap and not others as bad

My daughter is 28 and I can honestly say she she never showed any improvemnet until she was 27 and got into some legal trouble. 3 days in jail showed her what she could look forward to if something didn't change. No amount of pleading, bargining, threatening, $$$$, drs., tears, etc., etc. ever made any difference. I don't know if it helped that she was getting older and saw people younger than her passing her by or what, but she has had an amazing turn around. She is med compliant, is dealing with her court ordered anger management and substance abuse/alcohol counceling herself. I never thought she'd be able to do it, but she has. We stopped bailing her out of her bad situations even to the point of not answering the phone or giving her money. Hard to do, but necessary in order to try to maintain my own sanity. I strongly believe that many if not most teens and older BP's are self medicating with drugs and alcohol which greatly intensifies all their symptoms, and you can't ask them if they're using because they will probably lie to you - just my experience.

angora mine spent 5 days in jail on suicide watch she was manic I didnt get their to get her before somoen seen her called 911 then when she ignored them they tazed her and took her in they didnt care she was sick as soon as we got her out she immediately checked herself in AGAIN and in 10 days and new meds she was home almost 3 weeks back in hosp again I hope I dont have to wait until shes your daughters age I wont last that long LOL