[oncewasara]

I am diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar. Was doing well. There's been so much change in my life lately the symptoms of anger, irritability, sadness, unpredictability and on are coming out. I am a mother to 4 kids. 19, 16,14 and 8. My oldest 3 kids father is about useless and my youngest who is attached to the hip of his Dad has cancer. I'm so overwhelmed. Drive here, do this, be here. No money. I'm having a fit and its so hard not to scream and just walk away!! I have a wonderful boyfriend, but at times like this I wander to an old one and screw up my life worse. I am trying not to but its sooooo hard. Help. Some words of wisdom are needed.

[gayleggg]

Welcome to PC. My heart goes out to you. Sounds like you have your hands full. I can relate to your feelings of anger, irritability, and sadness. I have dealt with them myself. Are you seeing a psychiatrist? Are you on medication? If so, have you been on it long. Some of them take a while to work. Are you seeing a therapist? That might help. Hang in there and keep posting. There are a lot of nice people on PC and may be able to be of more help than me. But I wish you the best.
Gayle

So sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Good advice to see a therapist; the right one can really be very helpful! Keep posting here. Lots of support is available with people who have been dealing with this for awhile!

[oncewasara]

I have a wonderful psychiatrist whom I've been seeing for years. I take meds daily as directed. I was seeing a great therapist but my insurance wouldn't cover him anymore so I had to stop. I am really not in the mood to go through the hassle of connecting with someone new and starting from the beginning. Ugh. Thank you for your kind thoughts!