KeepingFaith
01-12-2008, 03:14 AM
I am not completely sure what I am looking for or even if I am aloud to post here. I am just so worried about my cousin and I don't know what to do. Here is a little background....
My cousin (she is my cousin through marriage) was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder about a year ago, she is 19. She had a horrible childhood (abusive father both physically and sexually, no mother in her life, ran wild, and so much more), the family was finally able to get her away from her dad when she was 15. She lived with her aunt for some time, then with another cousin, back with her aunt and finally we were able to take her in about 2 years ago. We have promised never to walk away or give up on her. Something that everyone else in her life has done. But regardless we will never walk away or give up on her in anything she does. Once she moved in with us we were able to get her to the doctors (she hadn't seen one for anything in years) and work to find out what exactly was going on.
She is on meds but it doesn't seem like they help so much. She goes on horrible anger fits and wants so bad just to run wild. She had a horrible anger fit tonight. She wanted to go out and drink, we told yes she may go out NO drinking (she is underage and its not to be mixed with her medicine), and they she needed to be home by 2am at the latest. Midnight rolled around and her friends still had not picked her up (she can't drive) and we said its getting late why don't you see if you can go out with them tomorrow night. She lost it big time! She destroyed her room pretty much, broke a bunch of picture frames, the door, put a hole in the wall etc. And now she is talking about running back to her dad even though this would NOT be a good idea. She admitted to having missed some of her doses of her medicine over the last couple of weeks. But it just seems like things are getting worse. I don't know what to do or how to help her. I just want her to be happy and not be so angry all the time or talk about running the second she doesn't get her way. The tiniest things set her off. The friends she does have are horrible influences. They weasel money out of her, get her to drink, and just over all do bad things she wouldn't normally do.
I need some advice I am so scared and worried about her. :confused: Thanks for listening.
My cousin (she is my cousin through marriage) was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder about a year ago, she is 19. She had a horrible childhood (abusive father both physically and sexually, no mother in her life, ran wild, and so much more), the family was finally able to get her away from her dad when she was 15. She lived with her aunt for some time, then with another cousin, back with her aunt and finally we were able to take her in about 2 years ago. We have promised never to walk away or give up on her. Something that everyone else in her life has done. But regardless we will never walk away or give up on her in anything she does. Once she moved in with us we were able to get her to the doctors (she hadn't seen one for anything in years) and work to find out what exactly was going on.
She is on meds but it doesn't seem like they help so much. She goes on horrible anger fits and wants so bad just to run wild. She had a horrible anger fit tonight. She wanted to go out and drink, we told yes she may go out NO drinking (she is underage and its not to be mixed with her medicine), and they she needed to be home by 2am at the latest. Midnight rolled around and her friends still had not picked her up (she can't drive) and we said its getting late why don't you see if you can go out with them tomorrow night. She lost it big time! She destroyed her room pretty much, broke a bunch of picture frames, the door, put a hole in the wall etc. And now she is talking about running back to her dad even though this would NOT be a good idea. She admitted to having missed some of her doses of her medicine over the last couple of weeks. But it just seems like things are getting worse. I don't know what to do or how to help her. I just want her to be happy and not be so angry all the time or talk about running the second she doesn't get her way. The tiniest things set her off. The friends she does have are horrible influences. They weasel money out of her, get her to drink, and just over all do bad things she wouldn't normally do.
I need some advice I am so scared and worried about her. :confused: Thanks for listening.