Hi Philski

I came across your post today and I was very interested in it because I just recently heard of this diagnosis.

My b/f was first diagnosed w/ bipolar 1 and very quickly told they were considering he had schizophrenia, which he did not want to believe. He then was telling me that they are now telling hiim he had this shizo something disorder. So I asked him is it schizo affective disorder?

He said no...it's something else. So I was doing reasearch and I came across this. This sounds very much like him. I asked him and he said yes this is what they believe is his situation.

He on & off has a hard time accepting his illness. At first he didn't want to believe he had bipolar1...now he wishes that would be all he had to deal with.

I see you also had to deal with growing up undiagnosed with ADD and alcoholic issues.

He as well went through adhd issues, which now they say was Aspergers syndrome. There were serious family issues as well.

He is going to be 31 soon. He lost both parents a few years back in an accident, which I think made his illness much worse.

He actually has some close ...very supportive friends. He can at times be very unstable. It's really very difficult.

I'm glad to hear you are doing well.

I love him very much.

I understand how you feel about losing relationships and having a small circle around you as I have a similar situation in my own life with my own illness to deal with. The only thing I can say on that though is that I know I am the reason for that though. I isolate myself more so.

I don't think I was of much help to you, but it was nice to hear of someone else with a similar situation to someone who I care very much about. It's sometimes hard to understand how he feels being "so close" to the situation ...if that makes sense.

I do hope you are well and can find some support here.

I think that you will. I have found many people to be so helpful to me here and very supportive and informative.

Take care
Eva