I am a 65 yr old woman, who has a son 30 and has been told he is by-polar, he has come back home, any ideas?

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My son is by-polar and he's come home to live with me, its a very scarie situation and i'm having a hard time dealing with it, I feel like I'm walking on glass around him, can anyone give me any sugestions?

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I'm 35 and my husband has bipolar. He takes his meds everyday which helps alot, but it hasn't been a miracle cure. When he is manic I do have to make some changes to protect me and my kids. I have to make sure he doesn't have access to large sums of money, and we don't have credit cards so he can't go out on spending sprees, buying anything and everything he sees. He doesn't sleep much or eat much when he is manic. I have people asking me why I let him do some of the crazy things he does, starting job after job around the house and never finishing any of them. I have worked out what works best for us is to just leave him to it, if he is not hurting himself or anyone else, I leave him to it. I found a good book that has helped me - Loving someone with Bipolar Disorder By Julie A Fast and John D Preston.
Good luck to you and your son

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