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I can relate to your situation as well. My mother (who wasn't dx) suffered terribly from depression and from what I can remember had her bouts of manic episodes. I feel bad now because of the way I treated her. I didn't understand what she was going through until I had accepted that I have problems similar to hers. And now that I'm a father with 2 children trying to live with BP I see the whole spectrum.
Far too many years have past before I finally accepted my condition. It was because of my children’s insistence that I get treatment that I did. I understand the frustration your feeling toward your parent and quite honestly I feel you have every right to feel the way you do. It's not the responsibility of the child to care for the parent however I do think there is something you can do about the situation. My son told me that if his son ever had the nerve to tell him he had a mental issue then he would care enough for his son to seek help.
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Dousing the flames of ruin I have razed... smokey.
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