My son is 25 years old. He's in recovery. Alcohol. On the 20th of this month, it will be 10 months. He's been drinking since he went to college. So that's 18 until 24.
Blood relatives with bi-polar...My brother-in-law and one sister-in-law. My husband's daughter. So I do see it on my husband's side. My side were also alcoholics, but no one diagnosed with any mental illness.
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Like with a lot of things in his life, admitting to the possibility to someone other than me and his dad might not happen. We wonder if he discussed this with the shrink
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I meant that he will occasionally talk about something that causes him concern, but he won't talk to the right people about it, like his psychiatrist/psychologist. He doesn't feel as if he is. So if he doesn't tell them of the possibility of being bi-polar to his therapists...
We all talked the other night and son admitted to having weird feelings as a child. As if he were going to explode. Knots in stomach and crazy stuff in his head. Then, dad admits he too had problems as a child. I'm amazed. Dad never talked about it, but he admits that if he ever said anything as a kid, they told him he was crazy. We're in our early 50's, so that sounds right.
I was so wrapped up in dad's alcoholism, I was never aware of what was going on with our son. Hind sight and all that stuff, but I do now know that there wasn't anything I was meant to do at that time. It had to play out as a part of our life experiences and destiny.
Blessings