I am new here and was looking specifically for some advice for parents. I like the idea of the notes as well - thank you!

My daughter is 22 and was involuntarily admitted to hospital 2 weeks ago due to extremely psychotic behaviour. My daughter and I tend to have a rocky relationship to start with, mainly due to major hostility/resentment over my divorcing her father - we separated almost 15 yrs ago - but this is still a big issue with her. End of last year we got into a big fight over her pot usage (she had supposedly stopped using coke and was using pot instead). She left our home to move in with her father where it is the 'wild west' and she can do what she wants/ when she wants.

I learned through some concerned friends of hers that something was very wrong with her. I went to her dad's place and she was completely out of control. I wont go into all the details but she was extremely psychotic, delusional and there was talk of suicide as well.

She refused to let me take her to Emergency, so I called 911. The police came and took her to Emerg where they admitted her, supposedly for 2 weeks, for assessment. They say although there is possibility her psychosis was drug induced, they also think this could be the onset if bipolar. She was very angry with me and refused my visits at first.

I will mention that approx a year ago she had an 'episode'. At the time I thought it was a nervous breakdown, reacting to a recent death in the family plus I also learned of drug usage - foolishly believe it was a one time thing. She was delusional during this episode as well but not what I would call psychotic.

While currently in hospital she is on anti-psychotics and is doing better, but I can see there is still something wrong. Because she is 22, the doctors tell me very little - only when she allows it. She has told me she doesn't want to take meds and believes she can control her emotions/moods. She believes this past episode is 'normal' for a 22 yr old going through normal ups and downs.

Although she has emotional issues she needs to deal with (divorce of parents) I do believe there is another serious problem here. I don't know enough about drug usage to know if this could be after effects of drug use. I have been reading on bipolar and the description seems to hit the nail on the head. The only symptoms she ever showed as a child was hyper sexuality (only because I learned things recently) and a difficulty in maintaining friendships.

The anger and moodines I saw I aways attributed to her personal challenges/issues growing up in 2 households.

When she is released from hospital - and if she refuses her meds- I believe it will just be a matter of time before there is another episode. I don't know how to help her and the crazy thing is she doesn't really want much to do with me anyway so maybe I should just back off.. but I worry about her so much and even though she's 22, she's still my little girl and I love her.

How long does it take for a person to receive a diagnosis? Is it possible the doctors know already if she has bipolar or not?