my mom is bipolar what should i do?

Question

my dad told me he would buy me a car but she tells me that i dont need one and shell be my transportation but yet when i want to go somewhere she tells me to find my own way, she drives me crazy with this crap!

Answer 1

Start looking to get a job. State that you'll need transportation for your job search, so either mom or dad will have to drive you around for that. In the course of this, state that you'll need transportation to and from that job.

Showing an eagerness to start making your own way should put your mom in the right mood to either help you get a car, or to help you get to your job so you can save up for your own.

Answer 2

I've dealt with a sister and a friend both who have bi-polar, so my experiences are not exactly the same as yours. But, it is very, very helpful for all the family members to be in contact with your mom's counselor and church ministers are great help, too. I don't know if the bi-polar is kicking in with the new car stuff or not. If your mom disagrees with your dad it could be making her moods swing, or it could be that she doesn't want her daughter to grow up yet and that could set off mood swinging too.

If you are a minor, you need very much to try and find a happy place of understanding with your parents so the three of you can be on the same page.

Study up a bit on bi-polar. It is a little different in different people, and it manifests in different ways too. If your mom has a severe version of it she is capable of having delusions. Look up all the words (like delusions) because they have specific meanings in the medical sense that are different from what people use in everyday language.

Bi-polar can break up families, and it happens the most when families do not understand what they are experiencing. You need knowledge and you need counseling.

In a normal mom-dad-teen relationship it is hard about the driving and the car thing ... add bi-polar and you need serious help.

Please get with your dad about this and see if he would be willing to sit with you and your mom to make some decisions about your driving, your getting a car, and your getting a job to help pay for it. Also address getting some family counseling about the bi-polar; and see if you can all go to church sometime, too (or synagogue or what ever religion you belong to).

Also a note of caution: There are some really awfully wrong things out on the internet about bi-polar. Stick with websites that are affiliated with American Psychiatric Association, or American Medical Association and upstanding reputable agencies. OK?

You're in my thoughts and prayers.

Answer 3

bipolar disorder has nothing to do with the fact that your mother is against you having a car...

your dad and mom need to get together and talk about the car issue.... maybe suggest a family talk about it?

you can do a yahoo search on COPING WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER if you want some help and advice about dealing with the illness and symptoms themselve.s. take care.

Answer 4

I am really glad that I am not your Mother. People with Bi-Polar have enough to cope with without having a disrespectful child. Your question of "What should I do"?, you should love and respect your Mother and try to help her in every way that you can.

Answer 5

Save up your own money and buy your own car. And pay for your own insurance. And gas.

Answer 6

Find your own way then! Enjoy the simple life while you can!!

Answer 7

why wait for them to decide when you get this car? Why can't you just get a job, part time or full time, and save the money and buy your own car. do it for yourself, don't wait for them to decide when or if you get one.