MickeyCheeky, thanks for replying. You are extremely sweet and your words warm my heart.

Yes, she does see a therapist and she is on medication called Lamictal. I try to remind her to take it when I'm with her but she has a very forgetful mind and sometimes I'll need to run and grab it for her while she's at work.

I fully agree with both you and Sarahsweets. She does need to have professional help and medication, which she does!! But this is the first time I've been with anyone for over 5 years and I've never known anyone with bipolar. So this is all brand new too me and it can be challenging at times. I feel like I'm losing everything when she becomes depressed or shuts me out. I became very attached to her very quick and I don't see us splitting apart right now as an option. I only ever want to be there for her and I am trying to learn how to be more calm and cool and not get as emotional and begin to start overthinking things when she gets this way. I have to be strong for her. Is there any tips or advice you could give me to make me stronger? Maybe approaches I can take to reassure her feelings or have her open up more to me? I feel if I can just talk to her then I could talk her through it. I have in the past before a few times with her.

Thank you so much again for your reply,

-Alex