Parents of Bipolar Children Support Group

yes i think they have some kind of disorder.. my daughter is a tornado she would win for the messiest mess herself is a mess when she was in elementary i would send her with ponytails nice and polished and i was so embarrased when i would pick her up her hair was a mess her shoes untied holes in her pants and her shirt would tell me what she had for lunch

May to now she been sleeping in my room in between hospital stays have no clue why not her room or couch but I have king size bed hubby in another room in hospital bed so no biggie she says she doesnt want to be alone BUT my huge Super King head board has every shelf on HERSIDE with water bottles their must be a case now grrrrr

You're not weak... you just want him to live in a clean place is all!

And yes, it does help to hear that my kid is NOT the only one who does this. Has anyone ever read about this part of BP behavior? I don't think I have...

I filled out a survey for parents of BP children and one of the questions was something like "does your child ever hide/hoard food"

Well when my daughter was quite young, maybe 3-4?- she hid a piece of fried chicken in one of her shoes!

I wouldn't do to have any more dressers -- nothing ever ends up actually IN them! It's all scattered all over everywhere else!

And yes -- sometimes when she's transitioning between mania and depression, she'll insist on being with me constantly, so that means sleeping as well. I end up with all kinds of her stuff on my dresser, which she manages to ignore until I practically throw it at her.

So today's getting the kitchen cleaned up isn't happening. I refuse to cook until it's taken care of, so I guess it's sandwiches again... or left-overs. Supposedly there's "no food in this house" -- it's just that the food that I have needs to be prepared and there are no clean spaces to work on. Gotta love bipolar logic!

Kayla will cook 4 course meal in middle night dirty every dish in house and I swear she doesnt no wha the dishwasher is grrrr

Kim I do it too If its in my room or my bathroom Ill go toss in washer to get it out of my space she will in mania take cleaning spell and clean her room

When she had that apartment 3 months I was so disgusted Id clean when I went over and when we moved her out OMG took entire can oven cleaner to clean stove and oven.

She was in severe depression and laid in ball on floor when we moved her nothing was packed all was mess I was so embarrassed my sons NEW girlfriend had came with him in truck and was humiliating her seeing that mess.

This is why my younger daughter didn't come home for a week at the beginning of July. The house was THAT BAD! It was my older daughter that freaked out over it though, which I guess is a good sign. Unfortunately, I had to referee the angry phone calls between Kentucky and Virginia while I was visiting my 84 year old mom in Florida. It led to a lot of hurt feelings and unhappiness all the way around.

Question: Why doesn't she care that the mess upsets ME? (I know -- there's no good answer for that. I just wanted to toss it out there because I ask myself that constantly.)

Because they dont care were upset they no we get over it LOL