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Oct 23, 2008, 08:10 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2008
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 My Grandson was recently diagnosed as bipolar. When he came to spend the summer after having moved away from us, I noticed a very real change in personality. First there was total lack of respect and getting angry very easily. One minute he would be on top of the world and the next he said he was ugly and stupid. He had problems sleeping at night. He seemed so different and everyone said it was because he was growing up (14). He seemed absolutely obsessed with girls, flitting from one to the other. It wasn't long before I found out he had managed to have sex with one of the girls and from then on his obsession worsened.
He wanted to spend money like crazy buying things he already had or didn't even need. His Dad was relocating so he stayed with us to go to school for a short time. He got into trouble, would not do his work, and managed to get into fights. Finallly I put him in online school for the remainder of the year.
We had always been very close and suddenly me treated me with no respect and seemed to have no concern as to hurting mine or anyone's feelings. People kept telling me it was just because he was a teen but I felt something was wrong.
The final straw was when he became violent and we had to involve the police. He also ran away a couple of times. As soon as he went back to hid Dad, things became worse in his actions and the violent episodes were happening once a week.
Sorry for this being so long. So now he is on Abilify and we thought he was levelling off but he had another episode and tried to jump out of the car. My son is a single parent and the Mom is not in the picture. She is bipolar and is addicted to Meth.
My heart goes out to both my son and grandson and I am looking for ways to help them--long distance. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Annabeth
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