Those of you that are Bipolar or live with a BP person...

[KatWrangler]

Do you have trouble keeping track of paperwork? Right now I am so p*ssed at my husband, I could scream.

I swear, am I going to have to take care of all the mail, paperwork, bills that come in this house?

I have been going round and round getting my kids records from the old Ped and Doctors in KS. I know its here because he said we got it in the mail. Well now he can't find it. I NEED THIS PAPERWORK! DD1 is sick. The new Ped will NOT see her without her records. Eventhough we are assigned with our insurance with this Ped. GRRRRRRR

[Heavenly]

I am bipolar and am completely disorganized. I lose paperwork all the time, forget appointments, forget to return library books and movie rentals. I have cost us hundreds of dollars in overdue charges. Don't know if it's a bipolar thing, but yeah, I do it too.

[Porcelain Interior]

I'm bipolar and this has been one of the biggest fireball fighting topics in our house over the years. I do all the bills (haha) and filing (again hahaha), but it's taken YEARS to stop losing things.

My system looks really messy, but it's the only way I can not lose things. Anything I need has to be put out where I can visually see it all the time. If it's in a drawer it's dead to me. I don't remember it, remember why I'd need it or where I put it.

So our bills are laid out reasonably neatly on the "bill desk" and other similarly important papers too.

Things that my husband cares about are auto licenses and things like that, manuals to things. Those I file for him. He FREAKS if I don't. I forget sometimes, but I can usually do a mad dash and find it.

When I can't I feel really really bad.

I'm not organized. At all. I'm just a good disaster aversion unit.

[KatWrangler]

He has cost us hundreds of $$$ in overdrafts. Now he is angry at me because we got some medical records for my daughter in the mail. I had them next to the diaper bag and he starts to walk off with them. I told him , no you can't have those. You can have the Gold Fish Crackers (which were right there too), but not that envelope. So now he is mad at me for treating him like a child! I told him, you are not a child! You are Bipolar!

[Satori]

Originally Posted by Heavenly

I am bipolar and am completely disorganized. I lose paperwork all the time, forget appointments, forget to return library books and movie rentals. I have cost us hundreds of dollars in overdue charges. Don't know if it's a bipolar thing, but yeah, I do it too.

yep, between dd and I the house is a disaster and I can never find anything. I have a filing cabinet that I need to start using. Last time I finally went to find something I thought was in there I found the birdseed I hid from the kids last year and I had been looking for it for a month trying to remember where I hid it and no, the paperwork I was looking for that should have been in there wasn't. Today I'm working on organizing the house again but all my time has been spent on dealing with the kids fighting like cats and dogs and refusing to do school work but yes, I lose and forget things like crazy. I have been writing down due dates on the calendar I use religiously and I forgot the last month to do that and now we have $25 in late fees from the library I don't even bother renting movies anymore that gets way to $$$ to fast. Netflix was awesome, never a late fee and we only watched streaming to make sure we didn't lose the DVD's. I am seriously disorganized and I hate it but I can't seem to keep it up more then a day or two before I just can't do it anymore.

[Peacemamalove]

same here so sorry you have to deal with this s

[KatWrangler]

I didn't sleep last night.

[KatWrangler]

Well to top the cr*p off, my 5 1/2 year old called me fat earlier. :

[Porcelain Interior]

Originally Posted by KatWrangler

Well to top the cr*p off, my 5 1/2 year old called me fat earlier. :

I'm sorry. I hope things get easier for you and your DH takes a more pro-active role in managing his illness and not making things harder for you.

My oldest when 5 years old giggled and poked me and said I was too fat when I was trying on swimsuits. It was brutal. Hugs!

[KatWrangler]

He is newly diagnosed (June). I don't think his meds are where they should be at. Not making excuses. Thankfully he has an appointment Monday with the Psych Doc.

Also, he has been in intensive therapy. At first full time and now part (3 half days a week).

Yes, the kicker was my son calling me fat. I started bawling and just couldn't stop. Hubby had taken the kids to his Mom's all day today and left me for some time to myself. I think I cried off and on all day. I am still trying to come to gripes with our situation. Top of which I slept very little last night.

[KatWrangler]

What is with my 5 1/2 year old! Last night he tells me I need to lose weight. Where is he getting this from?