My boyfriend of almost 2 years is a past drug addict and suffers from bipolar disorder. He has been on a mixed cocktail of presribed meds in the past but is currently only taking lithium and doxepin at night as a sleep-aide.

He sees a counselor and has been doing pretty well with his moods in the past few months. However, sometimes he says he feels sluggish with no energy. He is becoming more aware of his ups and downs and says he thinks this sluggishness is due to his bipolar cycles.

Recently he took one of my diet pills (phentermine hcl) and swears that it helps his mental and physical sluggishness so much that he wants to see a local doctor to get his own supply. Other details: This doctor does not provide a great deal of patient supervision and my boyfriend has a history of abusing uppers. However, he is very overweight and is looking for help with that problem in addition to the sluggishness.

Now my role in this--he does not have the money to finance these pills monthly and is asking for my help with the monthly fee--pills and doctor visit for weight loss.

I told him I would only discuss this if he would agree that I would hold the drugs for him if he get the prescription. Should I support him with this?

Your advice is appreciated.