by spandicandi » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:02 am
I was diagnosed Bipolar at 13, and to top it off I was addicted to meth less than a year later. I was hell for my parents. I ran the house, literally. I didn't have a curfew, my brothers was 10pm and he was 2 years older than me. I was promiscuous, and I just didn't care about myself. Thing is when you are younger, you don't see it that way. I got involved with a outpatient/inpatient rehab and completely sobered up 10 months later. I relapsed a few times, but who doesn't. There is hope. I was on lithium for a while, but I quit taking it when I started using meth. Meth was a better high. I never went back to prescribed medication though. I even tried to cover up my disorder with marijuana. Which did work for a while, but then it just seemed to make my moods more extreme. Now, I take life one day at a time, and it is still hard, but I turned out to be a decent human being. Hey woulda thought? lol Anyway, you can try meds, try whatever comes to mind, eventually something will work, OR he'll grow up and realize he has a problem.
I was diagnosed Bipolar at 13, and to top it off I was addicted to meth less than a year later. I was hell for my parents. I ran the house, literally. I didn't have a curfew, my brothers was 10pm and he was 2 years older than me. I was promiscuous, and I just didn't care about myself. Thing is when you are younger, you don't see it that way. I got involved with a outpatient/inpatient rehab and completely sobered up 10 months later. I relapsed a few times, but who doesn't. There is hope. I was on lithium for a while, but I quit taking it when I started using meth. Meth was a better high. I never went back to prescribed medication though. I even tried to cover up my disorder with marijuana. Which did work for a while, but then it just seemed to make my moods more extreme. Now, I take life one day at a time, and it is still hard, but I turned out to be a decent human being. Hey woulda thought? lol Anyway, you can try meds, try whatever comes to mind, eventually something will work, OR he'll grow up and realize he has a problem.