I know that this is taking its toll on me and I am definitely worried at some point I will throw in the towel. Reading things like the fact that 90 percent of marriages where someone is bipolar end in divorce certainly doesn't make me feel any better. But I'm trying to hold on and be as supportive as possible no matter how much pain I'm feeling.
I haven't looked into borderline personality disorder, but that also sounds similar to her condition. It's amazing how she can go from hot to cold so quickly. All I'm hoping is at some point she will break out of the denial stage and acknowledge that something isn't right, and that that's OK, and that it's OK to be on meds to help control it.
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Originally Posted by Anneinside
It can be scary to get diagnosed with a long term disorder. But the truth is that you need to be happy too if this situation continues you probably won't be happy. You probably have better luck in trying to get her to do something about her problems when she is a contrite mood rather than an irritable one. Also, have you considered that she might have borderline personality disorder. With that, one of the symptoms is that a friend/love one is wonderful or the worst possible person. Seeing things in black and white. You could look at webMD.com or wiki.com for bipolar and borderline personality disorder. There is therapy, I think DBT, for BPD. Sometimes they medicate BPD with similar medicines used with bipolar.
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