My husband suffers from bi-polar and possibly some other mental illness issues. Recently he quit taking his meds again. He doesn't think he has any problems. The last time he quit, he kept threatening to sell "everything" and disappear, he did not care if he ever saw his son again, and eventually he started threatening to kill me. That's when I took the kids and left until he went back on the meds.
When he announced to me that he had quit meds again I felt really depressed and a little panicky. It has been a little over a month so far. He has been angry with me every day, over everything. He got angry over a piece of scotch tape a couple of days ago. I am nervous and shaky all the time that he is home b/c of this. He has called me *****, ****, Stupid, Dumb, and whatever else he can think of. He keeps threatening to take our son and disappear so I will never see my child again. He has also been nasty to my oldest son. I cannot say anything right. When I don't say anything, that is also wrong. Life has become terrifying again.
When I try to talk to him calmly, like we are both adults, he reverts to screaming, chanting, raising his hands to call on Jesus, hiding under the bed covers, or running out to his shed to hide from me. He will not carry on an adult conversation. It's like dealing with a 3 y.o. having a temper tantrum.
Alternately, he tells me about how he went to get gas the other day and pulled up on the wrong side of the gas pump. He got back in the car and pulled up again on the wrong side. He got back in the car and did it a third time. It took him four tries to pull up on the correct side and get gas. This to me would be something to worry about. He doesn't see it. He is doing more and more things like this. What does it mean? Some kind of mental decline, but is it related to the bi-polar, or some other issue.
I am planning on how to get out of this relationship, but it looks to be quite a long time before I can make it happen. (likely years), so any insight would be helpful. Thanks so much!