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Originally Posted by madisgram
dianne, thank you too  for the suggestions, validation and understanding. last nite i thought what have i done to myself?!!! my son did call me after the email i sent and it looks like we've gotten this untangled in a healthy way. it was so unlike him to present the question that way. perhaps he's stressed out too. yes, med costs, etc. are a lot of our problems today. i tell people i live in order to pay for my medicines. many of us have no other choice.
i'm going to save your post as it has some good points of how to "word" it if i find myself back in this situation again with my son. so thank you for being such a good friend.  |
Glad to hear the situation resolved itself. I didn't see this thread til now or I would have posted sooner. My suggestion to you would have been first, how old is he, secondly, do you two get along very well, and then after that, to just be assertive with him. He's 38, so it's not like he's a prickly teenager. And if you get along decently well, then it shouldn't be too hard to be assertive, unless you have a passive personality. But yeah if something like this comes up in the future, you just need to present how you feel to your son so that you don't get stuck in a bad situation. Emotional stability is important for those of us with a bipolar diagnosis and as such we need to do what we can to ensure we keep it. Glad you resolved it.