My Bf Is Suffering From Bipolar Do Posted: 08-15-06 02:44am
My bf is suffering from bipolar disorder,
I really dont know what to do if I can
still handle him. Before we started the
relationship I know that hes already
diagnosed to have a bipolar do. I didnt
know thats it is something serious, my
sister already warned me about this that I
dont know what im getting into but I didnt
believed what shes saying. As I can see
he's doing ok and hes nice to me. Until
we finally went out, I did research a lot
of things about he's illness because I
wanted to know more about his condition
and I told him I wanna take care of him..
We encounter a lot of arguments and fights
we've been together for 3 mons now,
sometimes I feel like giving up and I dont
know if I can handle him and we can make
dis relationship work. He's a nice guy
and I can feel he love me but then
whenever I his anger comes out we dont get
to understand each other. The way he
reason out things on me, shows me he
doesnt care at times but after a day he'll
be ok makes me think of giving up on him.
He's hoping that someday we would get
married and have a family on our own. I
was also hoping someday but I dont know if
I can handle it when at the back of my
mind I have doubts of getting married to a
guy who suffers from a mental illness.
He's on medications and having a treatment
from his doctor. He's doctor told me that
hes ok now after being locked on a mental
ward last year for having acute manic
episode. I know my bf doesnt want himself
to be on a mental ward again so he's doing
everything to be ok. Please help me and
give me advice.. Should I lose hope for
still be there for him coz I know he needs
me. Please help me thanks
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rmuir
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Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Glendale Heights, Illinois
Re: My Bf Is Suffering From Bipolar Do Posted: 08-15-06 17:17pm
Greetings,
i've been a untreated rapid cycling
bipolar individual for about 30 years.
The ninety's were not very good for me.
My father passed away thanksgiving day in
92' my mother died in 94'. The day after
I buried her my wife wanted a divorce out
of the blue, no counseling, nothing. I
was divorced in 95. My youngest brother
died in 99' on thanksgiving day (same as
dad) ken was only 35.
Well all of this and other issues as well
caused me to sink into a depression so
deep that I had to wear dark sunglasses at
work to hide my constant crying.
Finally an angel came to me. Her name is
kate. She stood by me and made the
decisions I couldn't make in the state I
was in. Kate fought to get me the
treatment I needed. It worked i've been
treated since 2000 and I feel wonderful.
I married kate in 2004.
I wanted to somehow pay back all the pain
and suffering I caused the people in my
life by building and maintaining a forum
for caregivers and loved ones of bipolar
companions.
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