My husband and I are bipolar. Originally he gave me an ultimatum to get help. So under threat of divorce and losing a child. I got help. However from my perspective he was the one that had issues so he agreed to get help also. Several failed misdiagnoses, med changes... we moved, gave up, threw away our meds and went on with life.

Then my husband took to the manic side and I refused to allow him to work. He needed to go to a clinic to go back to work. He was slapped with Bipolar, medicated, prescribed therapy and told no working for at least a year. So it was my turn to become the supportive spouse.

Until the day I felt his Therapist was going to hospitalize me. Then I got my own therapist and dr. to make sure I wasn't hospitalized. I was slapped bipolar, medicated, prescribed therapy and not hospitalized.

I feel we work so well because we're honest to each other and our therapists and they communicate with one another. Both of us "decided" treatment for different reasons but we both stick with it because it works most of the time for us. I don't know if I could be with him without the help and him receiving help. But we're two bipolars making it work, mostly.