Hello to all
I have a question or am asking for some
insight as to the situation I am in. I
have been diagnosed with Bipolar I
disorder along with PTSD, and Borderline
Personality disorder. I will go along for
months taking my medications when they
find something to work for a while on a
strict and regular basis as I also deal
with chronic pain so it co-insides with
it. Anyway, I will be taking my
medications and start to feel somewhat
normal when my long term bf will say that
something is wrong and that I need to get
off all the drugs. He often calls me a
"druggie" which is hurtful but that's
besides the point. I get off all these
medications "for him" and wind up in mood
swing hell or as I am now in severe
depression. (My highs are sometimes few
and far between and quite severe when they
do happen) This is when he tells me he's
worried about me and that I need to get
back on the medications. I've been flip
flopping like this for a quite sometime
and it's starting to grate on my last
nerve I keep telling him I will always
have to be on medications this is never
going to go away. It's like his wish for
me to be "normal" is so strong he hopes
that when I finally do get to a spot in
time where I'm acting normal that he hopes
it sticks when off the medications.
So the questions are does anyone or has
anyone dealt with this situation and how
did you go about a conversation with your
significant other calmly and respectfully?
I've tried to direct him to websites and
people including my psych to get him to
understand what I go through but it
doesn't seem to help...
Any advice is welcomed. Thank you in
advance
Maggie
