my mom was manic depressive. she had many suicide attempts from 12 to 48, abused drugs, manipulated everyone around her, was a legit man eater, couldn't be alone even for a moment, loved the highs the mania brought into her life, couldn't see beyond herself, and couldn't take an ounce of criticism. i'm pretty sure she was histrionic as well. she attempted suicide and succeeded 4 years ago when i was 23. it was quite difficult as i was so used to the attempts, i never thought it would actually happen. our relationship was a complete role reversal, so i felt like i lost my daughter. glad she's no longer suffering though. i miss her every day but not the chaos she brought into my life.