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Boy do i feel helpless!   Yesterday i visited my sister in the hospital whom has been there for 2 weeks now, and i see no change. She was very mean and angry and moody, it seems that the meds they have her on are not working(2nd type of meds so far). The biggest problem is she will not admit that she has a problem and especially that she does not have bipolar syndrome like the doctors have told her, everything is everyone else's fault!  She dwells on the past and won't come into the future and try a new start. Her husband has agreed to quit drinking for her but she won't give him a chance to prove himself to her. They have been married for 25 years, and he wants her to get help but he cannot live his life this way either. I pray that the docters can find an even keel type med for her and then even who knows if this will bring her back into a life that  is managable.  Forms of mental disorders certainaly run in our family . Its so strange that i never was more aware of it until it hit me in the face so hard!!!   God bless all of you who deal with this everyday, You have to be brave for taking one day at a time!  try to have a great day!!!        patty     P.S  Hi tammy, haven't seen your messages lately..hope things are going well for u and your daughter!