Try to locate a family-to-family class through NAMI (National Alliance of the Mentally Ill) where they will educate you about the disease & offer help. They also have support groups for family members. I' the one with bipolar (been married 32 yrs.--just diagnosed 5 yrs. ago) & education has helped my relationship with my husband very much. I just gave him an article from bp magazine that had to do with how sensitive bp's can be to criticism or hurtful words. I reacted badly to some comments from my husband about my weight gain & overdosed about 6 weeks ago. He found the article very helpful & hugged me after he read it & said that he loved me. I needed that!--Suzy