Jackie-- he's been in counseling for a few months now. He has his intake appt with the pdoc on 2/10.

When he's stable, he's good. When he's at the start of a manic cycle (hypomanic) he's head over heels in love. He's cuddly, lovie dovie romantic. But the pattern I've seen so far is that fades into manic, which is very agitated an annoyed with everything and everyone, which fades into rage, and then depression. So in his annoyed stage, he starts nitpicking and picking for arguments, and reasons to be mad. Then he bottoms out.

On Monday, He told me he was considering leaving because he was unhappy and not in love anymore. I asked him about last week (he was very sweet, romantic, sappy last Tuesday). he said that was real, but now it was gone. That just seems outrageous to me. But he doesn't see it. But he also said he woke up one morning hating his life, his family, his wife, his job, himself and wanted to be left alone, but didn't want to be alone. (?)