Some Make It, Some Don't

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    • others like you by stacey, 6/1/98
      
      

My two oldest son's had learning disabilities from childhood. The Oldest leads a very productive life and saw ways to work around his issues.

The other how ever is further behind, like myself he suffers from MANIC Depression and is very much bipolar. He has not been able deal well with anything and is in very sad condition. His life (not to him) is so messed up. He's in and out of jail. In and out of trouble. He has not accepted the fact that he is manic and had yet to deal with that issue. He has problems learning and is just now attempting to deal with reading and writing. He's 18 years old and something just snapped. His desire and ability seem to have shifted. He's got a better outlook and I am hopeful fo him and the others around us.

I home-schoolded both these children -- not knowing I myself was bipolar. This may have hindered them, but I did the very best I could at the time. Dealing with my own disorder is the most difficult thing I have ever had to do.

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