Hi all, I am struggling with parenting a bipolar teen. I have to say I'm grateful that she's much better than she was say a year ago, when she ignored my rules, challenged me, threatened me, regularly became falling down drunk, cut herself extensively, etc. So, I guess I could try to look on the bright side and see that if she's better now, she could be better yet next year and the year after... but for months she's had a case of the "lazies", barely keeping up with school work, being stoned most of the time (which I do prefer to her being drunk, she's much less dangerous). She's been on medication for approximately a year and there has been some improvement. I just worry that she'll never be able to properly take care of herself or get control of her emotions enough to endure the stress of a job, everything not going her way, etc. to get through school and support herself. I've lost interest in living my own life but of course have this responsibility and so I will continue on... I'm just so tired and wish I could run away.