I've had nothing but good help from my doctors, T's, and hospitals. I was hospitalized in 2007, then did 4 weeks of outpatient group therapy. Again this summer I did 7 weeks of outpatient therapy at "Day Hospital". Both times the RPN's and my pdoc were great.

My soon-to-be-ex husband told me he was BP (he said). I believe that he had a personality disorder too. I believe he was anti-social. He was very abusive. He broke the law constantly - he has 140 convictions going back to 1970. He drove with no driver's licence and you want to talk about road rage - he personified it. He was married 4 times before and only told me about 1 marriage - he also didn't tell me about his other 4 kids. The 2 kids I did meet were sorry cases. His daughter was out of control, and his 6'4" 300 lb. son was terrified of him. In 9 months we were evicted 3 times because he paid everything with NSF cheques. I still owe money to utilities because of his NSF cheques (he put everything in my name because the utilities refused to hook him up). Where the money went I have no idea. I left when he threatened to kill me. Our marriage lasted 9 months. My soon-to-be-ex hated psychiatrists and refused to take meds. His life is an ongoing disaster. I wonder what would have happened if he was medicated and under a doctor's care? Would everything have turned out differently for him (and me)?