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Bi-polar adolescent
Hi - to join the thread. I adopted an 11 year old girl from Brasil in 1994. In 1998 she left our home and went into foster care. She could not deal with our rules - come home for supper and a reasonable weeknight curfew. It was the best thing that happened to the rest of us - we finally realized how much hell G was creating in our family.
But we did not stop loving and trying to help our daughter. Now she is almost 20 (our of foster care 2 years ago). One year ago she was almost murdered by a man and now has to live away from our city in Canada.
2 years ago, she was diagnosed as borderline personality disordered. Recently we have discovered she fits the profile for bi-polar.
I have researched the disorder and have found the sources of help for her where she lives now. But she is resisting so I'll have to wait until she crashes and is willing to call their crises line. They will actually go to you and talk and try to help or even take you to the hospital or doctor. This is a group that deals with kids 12-20 called YouthNet.
I have joined several bi-polar groups on yahoo and am trying to learn and understand what it is like to be in her shoes.
S
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