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My boyfriend is bipolar and I'm pretty sure he's going through a manic episode. However, I've never witnessed one of his and I'm terrified. He punched his best friend, called his younger a brother a piece of ****, and pushed his other best friend (a girl) because she made a sudden loud noise and when she pushed back he slapped her hard and she fell to the ground. Then, right after, he kissed her.
Then later, I'm not sure what exactly happened, but he hit her and left her limping complaining of feeling dizzy and 'going blind'. He's 6'4" and extremely strong and I'm terrified. But none of us can legitimately be mad at him, it's nearly impossible and that's just making me even more scared. He feels so guilty about it all and he's horrified at the fact that he can't control himself and I feel so helpless and scared and I don't know anymore?

[Leed]

Is he in therapy? If he's not, he SHOULD be. Encourage him to go if he's not in therapy. And make sure he DOES go.

Stay away from him when he's in a manic episode because he's dangerous! Do NOT go near him. You can't help him when he's in one of these. He needs to talk to his therapist about these episodes because his meds aren't controlling them. These are FAR TOO MANIC. The meds should be controlling them better than this!!

His friends should be staying away too, because someone is going to get hurt and badly! He could get arrested one of these days, and charge with assault. That's not good!

So encourage him (after he's out of this manic phase) to talk to his therapist about controlling these manic episodes -- the meds aren't working! It's imperative that something is done!

Best of luck and God bless. Hugs, Lee

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Originally Posted by Leed

I He could get arrested one of these days, and charge with assault.

He hit his friend hard enough to cause symptoms of a concussion. If anything like this happens ever again, the police SHOULD be called. He needs serious help that is beyond the scope of friends and loved ones.

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He refuses to take meds because he was once addicted to drugs and is afraid of getting addicted again. I tried to tell him to go to therapy but he's insistent that they won't help, he's lost trust in doctors because they diagnosed him with cancer and told him he'd die in 2 months (Which he didn't). Plus, he's only 16 (I'm 15) and I don't need him being arrested. . But I'm still pushing the idea of a psychologist, is there any other treatment besides medication?

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The sad part is that this is all in a span of 3 days, how long do you think this could last?