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11/10/2007 21:53
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I have been in an on and off relationship with my bipolar boyfriend for several years. We have 3 amazing children together, but we just can't keep it together. I love him very much. I don't know if I've ever really felt like he cared about or tried to meet my needs. He blames me for all of our problems, refuses to take medication and really doesn't communicate with me at all unless he wants to. It's been so hard. I've tried and tried to make it work. It seems like everytime I relax in the relationship and feel like we are finally on the right track, he blindsides me and tells me that he isn't happy and pulls away. I don't understand any of it, and I don't know if it's worth it or not. He moved out in March of this year when our daughter was 3 weeks old. He basically cut me off for months... wouldn't take my calls or talk to me about the relationship even when I basically begged him to try to work things out. He suddenly decided out of the blue that he wants to "work on things" I am so disgusted with him that I feel it's in my best interests to move on, but I am still in love with him. I feel like I'm in the middle of a really bad after school special!!! I really don't know if he loves me. One minute he's telling me he loves me and the next he is telling me that he can't be with "someone like me" ... any words of wisdom??? I don't want to get hurt again. The problem is that I see so much good in him. I just wish he could see it in me for more than a few hours at a time.
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11/10/2007 22:38
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Hello Schmu,

Welcome to the forum and our wonderful community of friends and support.

Your post is like many of the newer post from just this week past. I think if you go back and read some you will find some answers, solace, or hope there.

I'm sorry you are having such a miserable time in relationship.

Hope this post finds you feeling better!

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11/12/2007 08:49
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Hello schmu I am going through this same thing right now. My wife that I love with all my heart and soul just woke up one day and told me she did not love me. Said she didn't feel like she ever really had. So I know how you feel. We had been the happest couple up till that day. She packed a bag and has been at her moms for the past 2 months. She will not talk to me unless she needs something. I was able to convince her to go see someone and she has now been diagnosed with Bipolar. She says she does not want to treat me this way but she can't help the way she feels. She says she does not want to feel this way but she just does. She says she wants to love me but she just doesn't.

All in all things have been a rollercoaster for the past 3 months and I have done everything I can think of to help her and to show her how much I love her but it has done no good. I am to the point now where I think the only thing I can do is let go and move on with my life. It hurts like heck to think about walking away but she says she can't be with me anymore and I just can't keep going through this.

I don't know what to tell you to do. Maybe read some of my other posts and then you will see what I have done and tried to do to fix things. You will maybe see what has brought me to this point. Why I am thinking I just have to let go and move on.

The kicker with my story is that we have only been married 4 months. My first marriage and I truely beleived it would be my only one. Well even if this one ends it will be my only one. I will never put myself in this place agian.

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11/12/2007 10:30
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Ive been where you are (and still am most days) Its tough! I generally dont suggest to people with kids to move on but the fact that he wont even attempt to help himself bothers me. I have set things that must be met in order for me to stay. Sticking with his meds/treatment is one of them. I know how you feel, it breaks my heart everytime my SO does this to me. I told him the last time this happened in January that if he asks me to leave again, I WILL NOT come back. I have to stick to that, even though it will tear me up. Luckily, there are so many great people here to support me if that does happen. We are here for you too. Only you can decide what is best for You and your kids. Keep talking, it helps
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11/12/2007 12:45
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my boyfriend and best friend of almost 6 years recently walked out on me. i had just gone through my worst depression in many years... i guess it was building up to this. i just havent stuck to my treatment, but i need to do it this time because the people who love me are beginning to pull away. when you feel well you just think youre better you dont need meds or therapy, everything is ok, until it hits again like a ton of bricks. i have made some big lifestyle changes in the past few weeks to better my health. i am getting involved in different kinds of things to help empower myself and get that self love back. this is so hard. my man has always been a huge support to me but now he just cant watch me destroy myself anymore, and i understand...i cant watch me destroy myself anymore. it just hurts so bad. i love him so much and i cannot bear to be without him by my side but i know that i need to do this for me and pick up my pieces on my own.

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11/12/2007 14:46
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Thanks! I am just so frustrated. He was diagnosed in his early 20's. He is now 43 years old. If he hasn't figured it out by now, I am afraid he never will. He refuses to take any medication. He doesn't believe that his illness is causing our relationship problems, and I am sick of being blamed for everything! I just can't seem to get through to him. He is a health nut and thinks that eating right and taking vitamins is enough. His job is, unfortunately, one that does not allow him to keep a regular sleep schedule, which the worst possible thing for him. He really doesn't get depressed, but he does get manic. It seems to be happening more and more. He hasn't been hospitalized in about 2 1/2 years, but he doesn't seem to understand that just because he isn't locked up doesn't mean he is functioning the way he could be. I am at a loss!
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11/13/2007 18:55
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My advice : Run as fast as you can and don't look back!Your kids deserve better. You have a choice, but they don't. If it were me I would put my kids first. It is never easy leaving, but in the long run it will be so much harder to stay - he can make the decision not to help himself, but you can also make a decision - to help yourelf (and your children).
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