anotherBP Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I'm trying a lame ass Poll. Try to include broths, sis, parents, grandparents only. Do not include your dog, uncles boyfriend, couzins fiance's roomate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrungOutOnLife Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 One, my Aunt Pat, that I'm absolutely sure of. She's my mother's youngest sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulu Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Just me. At least I am the only one diagnosed as bipolar. Actually my cousin on my mother's side committed suicide last month, could have been bi-polar. And my grandmother on my father's side suffered my bad depression and in hindsight could have been bipolar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autodidact Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 If you counted the BPs in our extended family, we could fill a banquet hall. Easy. (If major depression, OCD, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, unexplained migraines, substance abuse issues, anxiety disorders, childhood neglect issues, eating disorders, or miscellaneous severe phobias was also counted, the only way you could fit in all those relatives was if you rented a circus tent. And a fine freak show we'd make indeed.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlet_faery Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Just my grandfather on my dad's side and myself. I learn a little more about him day after day and find I'm becoming more and more like him. That scares the absolute shit out of me! He was a mean sonofabitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywoodfreaks Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 My ma is BP I. I have no official diagnosis yet. Sorry if you only meant official BPers to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paco Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 both my dad, and one of my sisters are dx bipolar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Tara Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Only I have been dx'd Bipolar, and I think it's an apt enough dx; but my siblings have got some messed up OCD and anxiety issues, my mother is a sociopath with personality disorder TBD, and grandparents on both sides were treated for anxiety, depression, etc., back in the day. One even got the old ECT because he wouldn't behave appropriately. edited to add that my last sentence was a commentary on the crappy, condescending attitude of my grandfather's doctors, not about ECT itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notstupidjustslow Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Officially, only my uncle, cousin and I are BP, but I think we've got a few undiagnosed BPs floating around (my dad and sister). And add a sprinkle of PTSD on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethereal Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Try to include broths, sis, parents, grandparents only. By your criteria, none. By my pdocs' criteria, 4 (other than me): 1 aunt, 1 cousin, 1 great-aunt, 1 great-uncle...at least. As far as other diagnoses, just about everyone on my mother's side has at least one (everything from Tourette's and OCD to panic disorder and unipolar depression). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiaB Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 None diagnosed, but if any of them actually got help for their revolting pathological madness/alcoholism/etc, I wouldn't be surprised if at LEAST 3 of them got the dx. (that's immediate fam - brothers, sister and parents) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweii Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Just one, my grandfather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Llamanator Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Four. Me, my dad, my dad's brother, and a cousin on my dad's side. Also, nearly 20 alcoholics (other cousin on dad's side, grandmother, an aunt, and my grandfather and nearly all of his brothers and sisters, of which there were 15.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovyone Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I didn't vote in the poll because technically I'd be lying as my mom isn't dx'd. But she's probably bipolar...or possibly schizoaffective...but my money's on the BP. Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindesfarne Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 An aunt on my father's side, and a cousin (her daughter). My paternal grandmother and father were not diagnosed, but strongly suspected of being bipolar. My mother's side of the family has a long history of mood disorders - I have a cousin on my mother's side who's bipolar, and my great-grandmother committed suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MellowYellow Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Just my grandfather on my dad's side and myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazon_42 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Just my grandfather on my dad's side and myself. I learn a little more about him day after day and find I'm becoming more and more like him. That scares the absolute shit out of me! He was a mean sonofabitch. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You have your femaleness on your side. You won't be completely like him. I have a mean sonofabitch father. Isn't it strange how the meaner they are, the longer they live? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Either my mom is bipolar or spaca liens kidnap her on a regular basis and completely switch her personality. And grandma alternated between soft toned lanscape paintings and dark paintings of demons and evil elves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sun_zoom_spark Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 My dad and his mother and father and my two sons. Close-knit family you bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NARS Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 I'm the lonely only diagnosed bipolar in a big unhappy family of undiagnosed nutjobs. Mom unipolar depression, Dad probably bipolar with liberal dabs of anxiety disorder, Sis BP for sure plus epileptic, anxiety disorder, crippling paranoia, possible schizoaffective features (she's gotten better recently and I'd bet my bippy she's changed epilepsy meds). Bro is adopted but nevertheless has panic disorder and depression. Maternal grandma depressed, grandpa violent, probably BP/depressed. Paternal grandpa strangely normalish, with some unusual risk taking in youth. On the other hand he remarried a wildly bipolar Polish concentration camp survivor who spent several months a year in the hospital. But I'm the only weenie who got diagnosed and went for help for MI, as far as I know. My family comes from the Eastern European "life is pain" school of thought. Which is why I now live across the continent from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimberlyinptc Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 My mom is dx'd bipolar with panic/anxiety issues. 2 Cousins with OCD, one also has depression & the other has panic/anxiety. I married a bipolar that I thought was just extremely horny all the time...my bad. I, however, am perfectly normal ~Peace~ Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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