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07/20/2012 05:58 AM
ChillPill
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I don't know if this happens to everyone else, but my marriage is on-again, off-again to the extreme. After all that fighting and talkign and deciding and acceptance, my husband has decided to stay with me for awhile. I suspect it's because he has nowhere else to go, but he says he loves me despite all of our problems.

I have asked him to get counseling, because I suspect he has some kind of personality disorder. At the very least, he needs help on how to deal with my bipolar, bpd, anxiety and bulimia symptoms. So far, he has made me feel worse, because I think our families cannot understand how to deal with us.

It's like me trying to operate on a heart transplant patient....I wouldn't know where to begin. My husband doesn't know where to begin to help me either.

Bipolar 1 w/ rapid cycling
Anxiety
Insomnia
ADD


Concerta
Lamictal
Paxil
Naproxen
Ambien
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07/20/2012 07:04 AM  Top
sarahtroy
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Hi ChillPill, As always, it's good to hear from you and get an update.

Yes, I think a lot of marriages can be unstable and on-again and off-again when it comes to issues of separation and divorce. My husband was like that with me before we separated and divorced. (But that doesn't mean what you're going through will lead to divorce.) After a while I learned not to be so reactive and to see what he said in light of the "big picture."

I'm so sorry because I know the back-and-forth can be stressful and confusing.

I think the couple's counseling is a super idea. Let the therapist be the heart-transplant surgeon. This way you can focus on being the wife and your own person.

Bipolar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia & PTSD; Alcoholic in recovery since 3/21/07.

Aplenzin 522mg; Pristiq 200mg; Lamictal 400mg; Geodon 160mg; Ativan 1mg TID; Deplin 15mg; Xanax PRN; Metoprol 100mg.

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