Thanks everyone. You all make very good points. I only told my mother I was bipolar because I noticed a pattern in her that I have seen in myself. I believe she may have it also. I recognize the ups and downs she has.

BipolaRNurse: when all that happened the Sheriff's dept got involved. I already had one if those tragedies in my family a few years ago. You know, the ones that happen to other people and not you. My cousins Ex Husband went crazy and **** my cousin and aunt in the head and then killed himself. Very tragic and traumatic. My aunt was the one that always talked me through these crazy times with my mom and helped reassure me that yes I'm doing the right thing

A few months ago my mom told me she knows why the ex husband did that. She said you get to a point where you just can't take anymore and you SNAP. That is when I decided that she's very dangerous