Lisa, I too have read your other threads and I can appreciate your fear and desires to help. I can also appreciate that at some time in the past your husband has asked you to help him/take care of him if things get bad, but perhaps he is in a place where he no longer desires that? I mean, is he is a continuous psychotic episode? If not, he should be allowed to make his own decisions. I don't know what state you live in, but I know that here in MS, it is extremely hard to take someone's rights away, even if they have deteriorating mental health. And I've actually personally gone through this process with a friend who was trying (though I believe wrongly) to have her mother's rights given to her because she has early onset Alzheimer's. Anyway, even after many examples of her doing what appear to others as irrational things, the judge was not inclined to have her basically be treated as a child or a prisoner and she (the judge) actually tore my friend up for assuming she could "do better" for her mother than her mother was doing for herself. I guess what I am trying to say is that just because he's bipolar and doing things that may be "bad" in your opinion, it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to make his own medical decisions. Unless he's a danger to other people, I really don't see why, just because he chose to leave his home and life, he should be forcibly put into the hospital or have you take over his ability to make decisions for him.

Also, no offense truly, because I know you are suffering and trying to do what you feel is the right thing, but if I found out my doctor's were revealing something to my spouse that I hadn't authorized, I would sue their asses off and would be furious at my spouse for manipulating the system like that. HIPPA laws are actually in place for a reason and no one should be skirting them, regardless of what rights you feel you should have, but he didn't grant to you. If they are willing to skirt these LAWS what other things will the fudge on?

Also, this is just a techincal thing I noticed in your blog post, but hypomania is actually a milder form of mania, not a worse form. It still sucks, regardless, but hypomania usually doesn't include psychosis. http://www.google.com/url?ei=HzU9TKy...hSi9uwo1_ohmMw

I say all of this from the perspective of a person with bipolar who does do things that others don't agree with, but certainly wouldn't want my rights to be taken away because I did that.

I know these things I've said may sound harsh, but I honestly don't mean them that way. I just hope that you do see that sometimes the best of intentions still lead to the wrong actions and outcomes.