There is a saying from somewhere... Trust in the lord..... but tie up your camel! A God loves you for sure and prayers are answered in Gods time. God has created the world in which we live and us - warts and chemical imbalances and all. We all have our lot in life and our challanges. Parents are in deniel because its a coping mechanism because they love thier children so much. They dont know the peaks and valleys you go through or how you feel first hand. Pray it away? I would not count on it. God provided the materials and knowhow to use them. Meds work. There is a story of a man stuck on a roof in a flood. A boat came by and they asked him to get in. He replied "I am a man of God and I believe he will save me".. the water rose higher and another boat came by asking him to get in. He gave the same reply "I trust in the lord and he will save me. The waters rose even higher and a helicopter lowered a ladder down to the man who gave the same reply "The I trust in God and I know he will save me" The water rose more and the man drowned. When he arrived in heaven he asked God "Lord, I trusted in you, why did you not save me? God replied. "What do you mean, I sent 2 boats and a helicopter!" Cute story. Pep talks and the "Snap out of it" approach seem like the right thing to do for people, but what they dont realize is that certain chemicals in your brain have shut down and you no longer have the capacity for interest in anything or hope, or energy to "Just Do it" thats when the real fight begins - but sometimes the fight is just enduring until it passes. The nice thing about bi-polar is that things will change, you just need to try and accept that life is going to suck for awhile until they do. Easy to say, hard to do. Good luck to all who read this.