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Old Jun 13, 2024, 05:33 AM
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How do you deal with a significant other who doesn’t believe you have mental health issues. It’s weird because he has bipolar and adhd but he wasn’t diagnosed with any of that way before when we first dated 10 years ago and at that point I was already diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. He also doesn’t take meds. He was diagnosed while in the army and took meds briefly then stopped them and stopped seeing a psychiatrist. He seems to think meds aren’t necessary and that enough support can cure or solve any issues and that they’re not true issues that I have. I still haven’t even mentioned that I have schizoaffective all I’ve mentioned is the bipolar cause I feel like at least he could understand that a bit. But he deny’s that there’s anything wrong with me and claims it’s “just situational”which feels extremely dismissive especially since I’ve been in and out of inpatient facilities since I was 14 for various things like suicide attempts and psychosis and mania and have had various psychiatrists over the years confirm my diagnosis. He seems to think he knows everything. And he also thinks that weed is not a problem and said that when I told him my psychiatrist said it would be best to stop the THC. He also thinks things like LSD and mushrooms are good and can be helpful. Which maybe for some people but I can’t even handle weed without it triggering psychosis.
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type