Okie: I haven't participated in the forums for months due to someone trying to humiliate me, but I wanted to let you know my daughter at the same age as yours was very bitter towards me (& really I couldn't blame her--being a bipolar mom isn't pretty sometimes).

I got the proper medication & took a turn for the better. She watched with bated breath to see if I would return to my former self. It took YEARS of my being stable before she was able to say she was glad I had found the right meds & that I was doing so much better & that she was proud of me. She's 31 now & knows about my mother having bipolar & committing suicide so she's appreciative that I got the help I desperately needed.

She did go into therapy & had me come in a couple times where I "admitted" all my faults & basically said "yes, it's true, I did all those things (basically not being present emotionally) & was a withdrawn mother. What she was telling the therapist was true. I think she appreciated that I was honest & didn't try to defend myself.

Now we have a good relationship & she even looks after my well-being somewhat by asking how I'm feeling, if I'm sleeping OK, etc. There is hope!--Suzy