Hello all,
I figured this would be the right place to post this. I have a question about bipolar, and hope one of you (or more) could help me. See, my mom has bipolar (has had it for years and years), and well, now I am in my 20s and married, and when I was a kid, well my mom had lots of mood swings and she would go from being a "totolitarian ruler" of the house to being an emotional wreck crying. Well, long story short she cheated on my dad, so they divorced and she now lives near her family. The thing is, there has been a change in her that has been since she and my dad broke up, so she has kind of evolved into this way for about 5 years. She now (in the last 5 years or so), acts very well, child-like, and she just the way she talks she talks about simple things, and seems to focus on silly little details to keep bringing up. We went and visited her, and I talk to her on the phone about once a week when we are apart (I see her about once a year), and she will bring up little details like "Papa (her dad my Grandpa) has a honda SUV and its gold", or she'll say "when you come over to my place park next to the blue escort" and she will just obsess over little details, and repeat herself several times when she talks, like a little kid would do. ITs just hard to describe, but she acts very dependant, and doesn't want any responsibilities. I just well, I wonder are these symptoms a normal part of bi-polar, or could she be having early signs of dementia? I just wonder if this could be a bipolar phase she is in (its lasted about 5-6 years though)? Its hard to know, and I was wondering if any of you who live with this bipolar could shed any light on it?
I figured this would be the right place to post this. I have a question about bipolar, and hope one of you (or more) could help me. See, my mom has bipolar (has had it for years and years), and well, now I am in my 20s and married, and when I was a kid, well my mom had lots of mood swings and she would go from being a "totolitarian ruler" of the house to being an emotional wreck crying. Well, long story short she cheated on my dad, so they divorced and she now lives near her family. The thing is, there has been a change in her that has been since she and my dad broke up, so she has kind of evolved into this way for about 5 years. She now (in the last 5 years or so), acts very well, child-like, and she just the way she talks she talks about simple things, and seems to focus on silly little details to keep bringing up. We went and visited her, and I talk to her on the phone about once a week when we are apart (I see her about once a year), and she will bring up little details like "Papa (her dad my Grandpa) has a honda SUV and its gold", or she'll say "when you come over to my place park next to the blue escort" and she will just obsess over little details, and repeat herself several times when she talks, like a little kid would do. ITs just hard to describe, but she acts very dependant, and doesn't want any responsibilities. I just well, I wonder are these symptoms a normal part of bi-polar, or could she be having early signs of dementia? I just wonder if this could be a bipolar phase she is in (its lasted about 5-6 years though)? Its hard to know, and I was wondering if any of you who live with this bipolar could shed any light on it?