can staying iwith BP partner make you BP

Hi Cilly! No, BP is not contagious. No need to worry. It is usually genetic or triggered by bad circumstances in life, over a long period of time.

Hi cilly,

Bipolar is not contagious!

Bipolar disorder has no single cause. It appears that certain people are genetically predisposed to bipolar disorder, yet not everyone with an inherited vulnerability develops the illness, indicating that genes are not the only cause. Hope this info helps.

UA

My wife is bipolar and we are not doing well. Sometimes having a bipolar partner can make feel like you are losing control as well though. That's how I feel sometimes anyway. It can be just as hard on the partners as it is on the person with the condition, just in different ways.