I am 38 and have a 19 year old bipolar daughter. I know life is really rough for her. Believe me I do. I have dedicated everything I am and have to helping to assist in her well being. Sometimes I feel as if no one watches out for mine. Between the verbal abuse, aggression, worrying, crying, needing, wanting, irritabilty, and general feeling that the life is being sucked right out of me I wonder where does that leave me?? I'm not being selfish and do not mean to sound that way. BUT I am talking about a child that has moved out and has me supporting her. In this economic time I can barely pay my bills. She calls me 30 times a day, every day, all day. She cannot make or keep friends or a job. She has been the center of attention for so long my other children have suffered. My relationships with everyone suffer. I am so frustrated and tired. Just plain tired..I cannot even begin to explain the lonely, empty feeling I have. I love her to death and would never blame these things on her but I find there's not a lot out there for me. On an even sadder note there's not much for her either. I just wonder if there are others like me? I'm sure there are but know no one that can truly understand life with someone so mentally ill. She is and always will be my main priority but when will the rest of my life fit in???