dealing with bipolar loved ones
What resources are available for spouses of people with bipolar disorder?
My wife was diagnosed with manic / disorder bipolar six years ago and are still struggling to find all the aspects of stability. Finally, it is taking a serious emotional toll on me and I worry that I will spend the rest of my life as a caregiver more than one spouse. Our marriage is in trouble. In working to help manage and live with mental illness, I worry I have not found sufficient coping skills to help cope with the disease as well. Sometimes I feel like the spouse of a person with Alzheimer's – look helplessly from the outside, as more and less recognizable with each other. I identify with those suffering from mental illness. Which of your spouses? What resources are available to us so we can maintain a measure of mental health and help our loved ones to find the balance they need?
The National Alliance Mental Illness Family to sponsor family programs for families of persons with mental illness. Call for more chapter http://www.nami.org close in their community. NAMI works to promote mental illness and to de-stigmatize mental illness. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance is a support group people suffering from bipolar disorder and / or depression and their loved ones. Http://www.dbsalliance.com Ask for a chapter near you.
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