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05/06/2009 04:46 PM
boxermom
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i am looking for support in dealing with my husband that is bipolar. i am becoming so angry and frustrated and i don't know who to talk to.
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05/06/2009 05:01 PM  Top
dvb001
Posts: 4
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I also am new to this forum and have the same issues. Sometimes just venting and getting it out in the open really helps. So go ahead and vent.

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05/07/2009 07:32 AM  Top
debm
Posts: 158
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Read as many of these posts as you can. Especially the taking care of yourself one.

Yall are not alone.

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05/07/2009 11:43 AM  Top
kcook1
Posts: 49
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Meds Meds Meds is the thing that will make it better, my wife was horribly not her self up until about a month or two ago. Wrong meds can make it worse, she went very bad on seroquel and before that on anti depressants, made it alot worse!!!

No she takes a pill every night to sleep (SLEEP IS KEY!) slows her thoughts to a minimum and she rests now. and also lithium 2 pills twice a day. Be patient, ignore the crazy talk, and wait for the meds to work. Also counceling and frequent psych visits are a key.

as long as the doc knows whats up and can change up the meds til it's right, at least for me, it got better.

It sucks going through it, trust me, i know, but have faith in the man above and your love for the ill spouse or person and it will right itself.


05/13/2009 08:59 PM  Top
hopeless
Posts: 9
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its hard so hard. you feel hopeless. I did. Mine after all the time I tried to get him help and deal with his illness decided to divorce me.

this monday after not seeing him for an entire year

I got I love you so much and think about you every day and miss you

but we need to decide how to split the house

and I want to be freinds

after 16 years of dealing with him out of love

he was so different before he got sick

and he could be still it depended on how he cycled

he cleaned out the bank acounts

and filed for divorce

I saw him monday for first time in a year for mediation

as I was told you have to take care of you

I hurt worse than I have in my whole life

there is nothing I can do


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05/15/2009 08:45 PM  Top
tinits
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I know how you feel--my husband was diagnosed 5 years ago with Bipolar 2 and it is very difficult at times. For me the biggest problem is that I never recognize the symptoms until it is too late. I wonder why he is so hypersensitive and in such a bad mood....and I don't associate it with the BP until it is too late and we have already had arguments etc...I'm just venting...thanks for listening....take care of yourself. Draw some boundaries...this helps

05/15/2009 09:12 PM  Top
grafxbydiane
grafxbydiane
 
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boxermom , I am sure you will find many supportive others here . Glad you have joined us
*Diane *


Have a great day . Life is what you make it


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05/16/2009 07:19 AM  Top
hopeless
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I was working at home doing ebay graphics etc computer stuff and put money back at his uncles assistance which he was right I never knew what was going to happen.

John became very posessive would NOT allow me to work and controlling to extreme.

He got into a manic state and it lasted a LONG time years about three. He went for days with no sleep then would crash.

The things I was doing to make money were going down the tubes. I decided to take the money I had put back and go to a two year RN program so I can be on my feet if he flipped out and if needed I could support both of us if he cant work which I was told by his uncle ( uncle by marriage he is married to his aunt) and by the bi polar counclier.

I had a 4.0 on deans list in honor program. John was NEVER home just to come in shower eat and sleep if any. He became obsessed with collecting stuff and piled it everywhere. I was NOT allowed to clean it or get rid of it or organize it in any way. He brought home moldy books They were BLACK stunk and I kept taking them out of the house. he threathened to divorice me over the books. the next thing I know they were under the couch I found them from teh strong odor.

He kept going and picking up stuff no one wanted like old tvs that did not work he had no clue how to fix. he brought one in and sat in the floor I put it outside. it was broke and not fixable. he was supposed to haul it to the dump for some coworker. I put it outside and when I was not home he put in attic. He never used good judgement. he sat a peice of cardboad down and the tv on it and the cardboard did not hold and the ENTIRE celing fell with all the stuff he had piled up there. I was in house and me and my dogs were lucky to have survived.

I called him at work to tell him he said it was not his problem. I spent 12 hours cleaning it up before he finally came home.

codes came many times. he always thought everyone was out to get him.

he could say " my pretty ( my name) then turn around in the same breath say

You are so ulgy and you are a dried up useless old woman

I am not into you

or you are just undesirable and no man would want you"

we did not have sex because of these reasons he gave me

I NEVER ran around on him

I even asked him after telling him I would not hold it against him if he were gay he said no

he could get stuck on something and obsess with it

you could not talk to him logically

he mostly was not rational

he could go on for hours on and on and on and on

he kept me up day and night and this is when he allowed me to work

for me to give him my entire months paycheck so he can purchase a rat farm

( a getto rat farm) the big giant rats

that way I can stay home and feed them so he can sell them to pet stores for 2.00 each

his hygene went down the tubes

he could go back and forth

could have good days where he seemed normal

I was told this is called cycling

then he got to where it was back and forth constantly

he is VERY EXtremely intellegent

but he dont use it or use comon sence mostly

you can talk to him and he seems normal then he says something very strange

or his moods will go back and forth

He was NOT always like this

There was a normal john under the madness

I was taking summer classes last year

I was cleaning up for codes because he got us into trouble again

he called me and told me to go pick up my divorce papers

he had told them that I moved out and he did not know where I was at

I had not left

so his attorney said I had to leave and

the reasons were

john said I started school and he did not know I was in school

this IS NOT TRUE he KNEW we talked about it before

I had a cell phone

and I was putting miles on a car for no reason ( to go to school)

I KNOW HE NEEDS help

I tried to get him help

I have not lived with him in a year

but it breaks my heart to see him like this and NOTHING I can do

I watched him deterioate slowly and more speedy the last three years

he will get worse

the way it works in his family the older they get the worse it gets

he was so sweet and such a goood person

his is sick

its not his fault

and his family dont care about him

they are totally dysfunctional

no not trying to get back with him

I feel Its my responsibity to help him

he will only get worse

omg there is so much so so so much


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05/21/2009 12:09 PM  Top
new2it
new2it
 
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I am new...just today and just today found that there are different types...I believe my husband is type 2. It's been on a roller coaster of his moods since we married and I moved cross country to be with him. I'm so frustrated at times...I need to vent to someone...I need to know how to approach him on the idea that he may be bi-polar...I need this support...

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05/23/2009 09:06 AM  Top
ashcutee

Welcome all !

You will find lots of support here. Also make sure you educate yourself on the illness. A lot of times I have seen significant other who are just really frustrated because they do not have enough knowledge about this illness. (I am not standing up for BP behavior here) Your frustration is valid but if you read up on BP a lot of things make better sense. This has helped me greatly in making peace with a lot that my husband has done.

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