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hello, i am am interested to know how other carers navigate the challenges of being a long distance carer? I arrived in Australia 30 years ago. I have a brother overseas with Bipolar and BPD overlay. My mother has had two open heart surger
Hi,I just found this forum tonight and this is my first post. I have been going out with my girlfriend since October, last year. She told me that she had had some mental health problems in the past and was taking medication. She also liked to smoke. I don
We live in a 200 km from a regeonal town and 16 hours to Brisbane.Daughter was labeled with Bpd 12 months ago and will be 20 this year.She was prescribed medication which went well at first ; then she decided it wasn't helping so she stopped taking it.She
Hi, after joining a few days ago and reading your stories, I feel that I would like to share mine and hopefully get some feedback from others who may be in a similar situation. I raised my children on my own from the time that my son ( I'll call him
I have just returned from my first Parent Support Group meeting held at the facility that my son is in and thought it may be useful to pass on what I thought was a great way for someone suffering with a mood disorder to communicate their mood and s
Hi,I am new on the carers forum. My husband and I have his mum with us and has been living with us for 20 years. My husband is the only child and from an italian background. She is now 87 and for tghe past few years is suffering dementia
Hi everyone, Last night we held a Topic Tuesday on 'caring for someone with bipolar' with our wonderful special guest @Jo. What I noticed was a lot of discussion about the impact those we can for can have on us - pos
So I have just brought my partner home from hospital for the day as we did this last night and the normality was good for him but unfortunately he hadn't slept all night and is obviously still very unwell. He has accused my daughter of stealing from our a
Hi all this is my first post. Hoping you can let me know if this is immature behaviour or signs of a mental illness.I have known this 36 yr old man for 15 months, but I've probably only seen him 15 times because he is away with work a lot and because he j
Hi folks. <br>I've just received an email inviting me to "say something about myself" as I've just recently joined this group of forums and have had no input yet. <br>My reasons for joining the forum is (from reading other contributors input)
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