I sympathize with you. Im pretty sure my mother was bipolar too but she was never diagnosed. When I was diagnosed she asked my husband why he was letting me waste money on psychiatrist and meds when I just needed to stop acting like a 2 year old and using my bipolar diagnosis for an excuse to act like a ***** and get my own way. My sister is also bipolar and my mother treats her the same way she treats me. She thought my sister just said shes bipolar because I am and that she is just wanting attention.