My eldest son is diagnosed with a mood disorder NOS. I personally think it is BP2.

It is very hard to live with. He is 18 and you can tell he is my son. We get along great and then we fight like hell. It is hard for me because he is very reactivate my moods.

If I am hypomanic or manic, forget it. I think he feels more comfortable when I am depressed and out of the way.

I think we trigger each other's moods and play off each other. This in turns bothers my 14 yr old son who has anxiety.

I imagine 2 people with bipolar, who are dating, would be hell!

[99 FAIRIES]

I have a 15 year old son who definitely has some issues... Just not sure what yet. We get along best when I'm hypo. That's when I have no anxiety, lots of patience and am actually interested in his off the wall opinions. When I'm depressed we fight like cats and dogs. You're not alone.

Interesting. With my son it's the opposite. I am a single Mom and I want to socialize more when I get hypomanic.

I think he is a bit overprotective.

[Victoria'smom]

My son is 13, he has issues. Not surprisingly because both me and his dad are bipolar. This year has been tough as his pdoc refused to medicated him for anything but adhd leaving him at times in raged, suicidal or hearing things. So now he's going bald without proper care. He meets his new pdoc next month. Our fights always end in apologies. I'm not "here" enough to fight on either side of the spectrum. So in cycles I chose not to fight, either his dad handles it or it slides by. We're fighting now more than ever. He's got it into his head that he can talk back, ignore and outright refuse to do things. Poor kid deals with so much on top of teen things. I'm so thankful for his T and really hope his new pdoc works out so school can take top priority.

Both myself and my husband have BP. I don't know how non BP couples work because you have to have BP to really understand the situations.

Interesting perspective. Thanks.