intervention bipolar disorder
Could it be bipolar disorder?
My husband over the last year or two has been a roller coaster up and down. One minute is so happy, fun-loving, etc. then the next minute care is this madman who turns around and makes wild accusations that are completely untrue about me and others, then he is in a bad mood, then soft and then it's up again. Sometimes the up and down the episodes are close together, as a matter of minutes of difference, but there are times when its high last days and the same with the low … What should I do? I know that if I approached him with a kind of "intervention" it simply placed him in one of his tangents madman … I am seriously ready to leave at this point! We have been married for 7 years and together 10 and have 2 girls I throw it together and not going crazy all because … (Litterally seems) but I do not know how much more of this I can take …
I say you have a husband who has developed bipolar disorder. I say this because my husband was bipolar. Unfortunately, I have tried to intervene. I even got to go to a psychiatrist and get appropriate medication, but would not take the drugs regularly. After the bipolar progressed and the Skins are afraid (the police having to be called, etc.) I had to leave. It is simply not healthy for children to see a parent act in this way. His health eventually began to suffer the stress of dealing with it. For a short time, I was taking antidepressants even close to my feelings for him – big mistake. Do what you can lead a deal, and even try to get extended family to help, but if untreated, may have to do what is best for you and your children and leave. Good luck and know you are not the only person going through this situation. The more he spoke, the more I learned that bipolar is very common in the destruction of relationships. Just so you know, there are different levels of bipolar, but look for signs like not being able to work constantly, calling patients, sleep for long periods of time, drastic mood swings (and sometimes forgotten happened), addiction to various substances, arrests, etc. all have bipolar all that, but many do. My husband had them all.
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