I have a question for people with bipolar. I am trying to figure out if my mother's case is normal or not. (She's doing things that hurt me emotionally/mentally and I can't tell anymore how much is the disease and how much is stuff she is choosing).

With bipolar do you ever get better? (aka less depressed, not suicidal) Yes

Can you make your own meals, clean the house, exercise, ect? Yes, usually always (or mostly), but definitely when stable. Maybe if a person is very depressed, manic or psychotic some of these Activities of Daily Living suffer, but usually only then, in cases of bipolar disorder. That doesn't mean I am fully functional, though. I am not currently able to work a full-time job, I can only really do the home stuff. However, I know that many people with bipolar disorder, when well enough, can work full time and handle home life, though some with difficulty.

Regardless of answers I know staying while I am being hurt is not okay, I am just trying to understand a disease that I feel has taken my mother from me. If this is inappropriate im sorry.