My fiance and I have been together for 7 months. I am 34 and she is 33. She has two kids from a previous marriage. We did rush into this relationship and she hasn't been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but looking back on how we decided to get engaged and how she has acted the entire relationship it seems very obvious to me that she has severe peaks and valleys with her emotions and moods.

When she is on a high she is in a state of bliss and can't stop expressing her love for me, she acts impulsively and makes expensive shopping decisions, she wants to go on spontaneous road trips with me, she is very creative and expresses her creativity in a variety of ways, she has an insatiable libido during the high stage.

during the low stage she is agitated and unmotivated and spends nights staring at a blank computer screen. She can't be bothered by me during these times. We don't live together so it's hard for me to know exactly, but I believe simply getting out of bed and getting dressed is a real challenge for her during the low stage.

two months ago she said she wanted to break up. i told her i thought we had something more special than to just throw away and she gave the ring back and took her stuff out of my apartment. Literally 6 hours later she called me and said she didn't want to break up.

Now two months later she is saying she needs space and is overwhelmed and doesn't understand her highs and lows. I haven't used the word bipolar with her, but she seems to know something is wrong.

what do I do here? do i actually give her space? I've read things on the internet that say when someone with bipolar asks for space it's not always the best idea to actually give it to them. She is under a lot of stress with a new job and child sharing with her ex husband has been very stressful to her.