Trying to Understand the Cycle Posted: 10-15-06 12:26pm
My husband comes from a family with mental
illness. I am pretty confident that he
has sometime of illness himself.
Researching it online it has to be a
bi-polar disorder at what extreme I do not
know.
To help understand his moods... Some
days he is really really happy. Things
will set him off on other days. He gets
angry a lot and wants more control. He
spends money in short periods of time
(hundreds of dollars on things he
"needs"). He goes up to his room and
spends a lot of time up there watching tv
getting away from the family. I let him
go thinking that it will help him but it
doesnt. It doesnt help his mood at all.
He is angry at everything and there is no
amount of being positive that I can be to
help the situation.
It is almost like he feels the world is
out to get him. There is no making him
happy.
Some weeks if he is spending money all
week he is in a great mood. Buying things
for the kids....Etc.
We have been married for 20+ years and I
have never seen him like this for this
amount of time.
I am sure that this post makes no sense.
It is very difficult to put into words the
way he has been.
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Balch
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 30 Location: Sunnyvale
My Suggestion Posted: 12-12-06 22:39pm
There are some helpful suggestions about
bipolar on the following website.
It sounds as if your husband does exhibit
signs of the bipolar illness. Typically
the illness starts in the mid to late 20's
but can appear later in life and does get
worse with time. What you described is a
typical bipolar pattern of behavior. I
would try and get him in to see somebody
who can officially diagnose him and get
him the help he needs.
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