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Hi, Brett, I have been married for 23 years to a wonderful man who has bipolar disorder. I already belong to the bipolar support group, which I have found to be very helpful. I like it because you get both perspectives. This one looks good too, though. Has your husband always had bipolar? Mine showed no symptoms until Aug., 2006. He was hospitalized for a week with diverticulitus (an inflamed intestine). They gave him very strong antibiotics, some of which had a possible side effect of mental problems. When he came home, he went into an acute manic psychosis. He was hospitalized for two weeks, came home went into severe depression, and was hospitalized for another two weeks. So this has been going on for a little over a year now. The doctors haven't treated it as true bipolar, because they feel it was a reaction to the antibiotics. Every time he has become stable, they have taken him off the meds., which has led to another episode. He is sort of stable right now, though, and I think this time they plan to leave him on the medication. I know how hard it is when they are on medical leave from work. At least with my husband it was. They didn't pay him as much which made him stress about money. Also, being home with nothing really to do gave him too much time to think and worry. Hoping to get some advice on how to deal with all this. Terri Most people don't know that there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life - Brian Andreas |
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