partner with bipolar disorder Posted: 04-19-08 12:31pm
Hi there
I am really close to break down but I know
I have to be very strong. I am 25, my
boyfriend is 34 and got bipolar disorder.
Since we live together in the last 2years
he was fine but 2 weeks ago he started to
say he is feeling down. I thought he maybe
just sad as everybody else can be, and
after he started to say that he hears
different voices like the whole nation
want to talk to him, and in a spiritual
way he can communicate with the royal
family. He really felt down every day in
the last 1 week, he was crying almost
every day and blaming himself for all
things. He thinks he is a very bad person,
which is not true, becoz he is a very nice
guy.
So normally he has a melt down for 10
minutes then he is smiling for other 10
minutes then he is down again, then
smiling again...
He really made me worry as he told me
yesterday the voices in his head are
telling him they are going to kill him and
every nite he cries himself to sleep cos
he is very scared. The same happened 2
years ago but his doctor gave him
Olanzapin and he was sorted within a week.
That time he got 20 mg/day. Now its going
on more than a week, we got a new doctor
who refused to give him more than
12mg/day, he behave a bit differently than
before, becoz its going on more than a
week, and he is still not sorted, he lost
his appetite, and cant sleep and crying a
lot. He is not violent but made me scared
when he said his voices are telling him
they are going to kill him.
Some days ago I got enough I phoned 999
and when the parademics arrived they
pulled himself up and he was very fine so
the doctors didnt do anything as they say:
He is fine". Of course when they left the
melt down again.
Guys how could I help him? What am I
suppose to do when he is saying he needs
to pray 5 hours/day or saying all this
voices in his head are the reality?
I think I will have a nerve breakdown by
he will be fine
Please if you have any advice please
help!
Thank you
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 04-23-08 20:44pm
Sounds like he might be dealing with more
then one issue here. I would try another
doctor. Might need a re-evaluation and new
medications. Something is not right here.
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BoneyardDiva
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Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 72 Location: Nunya, USA
voices Posted: 04-23-08 21:29pm
My husband occasionally hears voices
whispering random things to him, and he is
on medication. I believe this is common
with BPD & therapy will probably help
him deal with the voices. There's no
guarantee they'll go away w/ meds. Perhaps
another doc will help...it won't hurt to
get a 2nd opinion anyway...
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Go2extremes
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Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 43
Meds Posted: 04-25-08 15:18pm
What meds is your boyfriend on for the
bipolar outside of the Olanzipan (do you
mean klanzipan?)
Did he start any new meds at all (even non
BP related) allergy meds, cold meds? That
can be a trigger for his sudden break
down, due to the side effects of the meds
(checkall side effects of meds) Also if
he is on too high of a dose of klanzipan
then that can have effects such as
hallucinations, hearing voices etc. I was
on too high of a dose of that at one time
of my life, and it was giving me
nightmares and causing me to hear things
that were not there... Come to find out
later that I never needed the klanzipan at
all, I was taking a medicine for arthritis
that was giving me symptoms of BP.
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illectronic
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Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 16 Location: NYC,
I can relate Posted: 05-04-08 18:40pm
Sounds like he is in an extreme manic
state. Is he taking any drugs or alcohol?
When I was manic I thought I was moses and
became very religious all of a sudden. My
true belief is athiesm.
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kworld
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Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 1
Bipolar Disorder Posted: 05-05-08 18:29pm
I need advice.
My friend whom I believe is Bipolar has
left again. After ranting and raving for
about a month or so he took off again just
as he did exactly one year ago.
One year ago, this month, he became very
irritable, couldn't sleep, paranoid, etc.
Told me all kinds of things about the
govt. I did not know what was happening
because he had not shared his medical
condition with me.
He was gone for about two months before he
came home one day and said he needed help.
I took him to the mental health clinic
where he was treated and put on meds for
Bipolar/Schizophrenia. After about a
month or so, he was back to normal.
At exactly the same time this year, he has
taken off again. Again saying I don't
care about him, my kids are plotting
against him, people at work hurt him,
etc.
I don't know what to do. I really do care
a great deal for him and I miss him. The
last time he left he told me he had found
a new family?? I don't know if he did or
not, but he came back home. This time, he
has said the same thing. He has taken his
clothes, but not his other things. When I
do get him to talk it is always anger. I
sent him a text asking if he would like me
to go to the clinic with him like I did
last year, but he has not responded. He
seems to have cut me off. The puzzling
thing is that he always loved me and my
kids. I know he did. Now, he acts if we
were the enemy behind the line.
I don't know whether to keep reaching out
to him or just let him go. I don't know
if this is the illness talking or if he
has truly had a change of heart. I know
his behavior is much like that of last
year; pressured speech, paranoia, can't
sleep, etc. On one hand, I do not want to
be a pest to some one who does not love me
anymore, but one the other, I don't want
to leave some one out there who I love and
know needs my help.
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