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I thought I was a bad mom

Michelle

I have four children, my 9 year old daughter has A.D.D. but is not hyper and my 4 year old son has been diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder. I often feel like I'm a bad mom when it comes to my 4 year old. I love him but every day is a challenge. I never know what's going to happen from one day to the next. He can be loving and kind then mean and seemingly evil. We can't take him to many places because he could end up breaking something or hurt someone in a fit of anger. No one in my family wants to babysit and I often feel alone. I'm thankful to have my husband by my side. How do you function with a child who is so unstable? It's not his fault, it's not our fault as parents (it's hereditary) but I get so upset with him and feel overwhelmed. I wish there was more information out there for parents of Bipolar children. Sometimes I just don't know what to do. He will be on a medication as part of a research program soon but what do I do if that doesn't work?
Posted by Michelle on 08/20/2008 09:37 PM

Kimberly

Michelle, Please look up NAET.com It's a natural way to help your kids. It eliminates all allergies and even though your children don't get rashes or can't breathe, it doesn't mean they don't have MANY allergies. Once we cleared up all the allergies through NAET, the ADD symptoms went away! This is NO medication, just making the body function optimally.
posted by Kimberly on 09/18/2008 09:57 AM

Tommie

Hi, Michelle

I am a mom of two boys and my oldest is 8 and has ADHD bipolar and ODD. So I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. I go through the same thing on a daily basis he can be an angel and two seconds turn around and think w=everyone's against him and hates him. And he has very explosive episodes. He's on two med's Abilify and Tryleptol. I hate the med's and exspecially since their always trying to add something and then that makes him worst and they take that one away and add another. It's a long drawn out procces but, I just thought You might like someone in the same boat to talk with.

posted by Tommie on 04/26/2011 12:04 AM

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