I know how this man feels all too well, try going to the link below there is some good literature and a few books that I purchased that gave me the tools necessary to regain my relationship with my bipolar wife! Hang in there it gets better!
http://www.bipolar-spouse.com
I hope this site can help check out the recommended books to read.
Hello everyone I'm trying to find out what category my wife falls into she had a. Car accident 6yrs ago she is my first love I found her 3 yrs ago after 10 yrs of looking for for her, didn't know she was efected in her brain from car accident until last yr when she had multiple seizures, she has mood swings n like the peopleS wife's that r bp she's a mind manipulator I live with a investigator she instigates everything it was qute in the beginning but now I see it is very unnormal her mother has a lot of her symptoms aswell so she is not one to help me find a cure for her bipolar disorder I watch them argue an cry on each other about the most smallest. Issues I had to separate her from her mother cuz she was not helping her bp I had her in hospital for another seizure recently n I called over a psychiatrist to evaluate her n give her some Meds for her bp but she out smarted both of us she made me leave the room for her privacy an then talked the psychiatrist into evaluate her another day she told me the psychiatrist gave her Meds which was not true I found out the next day she was only taking the seizure Meds,,my mother just had a stroke I bring my wife with me to visit her n watch over her aswell,my wife's bp was getting worse closer she got to her cycle she would warn me before she would get those mood swings, we got thru the first cycle extremely difficult I barely made it thru that 4 days period I actualy checked into a hospital that night n signed myself out cuz she was alone in the car,I just recently started taking prednisone so my boiling point was really quick aswell that 4days, so things where fine again just a little OCD thru the the month until she felt another one coming she said, she cried this time for 2 days straight an got really pisst off at me about anything just like she was looking for argument,we was runing erons around town when she told me to turn on my business phone n I replied fine let's do that some how she started arguing with me about this me short tempered from prednisone I argued back ending in her beating me up while I'm driving I hit her trying to restrain her hands til the car stoped n got her home she ripped my glasses off my face an stomped on them my overwhelmess from that thru me into rage an I hit her for the first time in my life I kicked her right in the ass it was like a 3 yr relief in a way but the whole thing is I can't put up with her anymore n I scared that this is making me mentally unstable an I am scared I might hurt her aswell but love her very much an I intend to find a cure for her or at least help I can't give up so easy I waited my whole life for her so that being said what is your opinion does anybody know how to help? I deal with lies that she takes the Meds n I deal with her out smarting me when it comes to seeing a psychiatrist n sexualy she never wants it n I get frustration from it having to be a certain way or time from the OCD n I have turned impAtient from her or something like it N she does not understand whatsoever please help
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Bipolar 1, Borderline Personality Disorder, Panic Disorder, PCOS (hormone disorder).
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