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mommaof3...i know what exactly you are going through..i had two kids while battling bipolar and depression the depression has really reared its ugly head the most over the last yr and its been a struggle...i went many yrs not being treated so it was many yrs of yelling and screaming and one day i just snapped and it was time to get help...its only now 4 yrs later that ihave seen teh effect that i have had on my kids more my oldest he will be 18 next month ...but he tells me when he gets upset and flies off the hanlde that its becaue i was that way nad hes right that is how i showed them hwo to act when they were growing up...my daughter that is 10 thankfully remembers me more on the calm side as i have been for the last couple months ...it is a long road to finding the right meds...it took me four yrs and a lot of patience and a lot of loss...i lost my kids becaue i couldnt take care of them full time and that kills me even more everyday but i know that i had to work on myself and becaue i never did tings the rikght way when i was told and i let it get so far ut of hand i couldnt do it anymoe on my own andi was divorced by this point so i had to have dad take the kids full time....for my son it had a worse effect on him becaue of the way that his father is and for my daughter thakgod its been good for her ...but i am so scared that my son will end up going down teh same rd if he doesnt stop and remember....it is a very good idea to explain what is going to your kids...so that they dont think its them...as for your dauhter she is just about old enough to understand that depression is a disease i knwo when i told my kids i had to ut in the conext of cancer only becaue we have been expoased to that disease as well...we all wish you luck and are here for you
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