Well, the thing I feared the most happened today. I went to my therapist, and feeling down after that I decided to go home rather than to work. My wife was in the middle of packing her bags, and no...
My wife was diagnosed as BPII about a month ago after a (hypo)manic episode and has been on lithium since. Since about two weeks in, she has felt "flat" and sad, veering into depression and sometimes...
I'm seeing a therapist once a week, not until Thursday. I just feel so overwhelmed - from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed I'm either sick with unease and negative thoughts, or in a...
So sorry to hear this. I'm going through the same with my wife; she's been halfway out the door a couple of times since she got out of the hospital. I'm just hoping and praying I can convince her to...
One week later... The last time my wife threatened to leave was Monday. She was angry about me nagging her about meds, being suspicious about some of her online activities, and she questioned if she...
It's just so hard not to lose hope. She's been on lithium 900 mg for a little over a week, which is realize is not enough time for anything to happen. The moods are still terrible, mostly depression,...
When she came back later in the evening, she no longer wanted to leave. We talked, and she was willing to give the meds some time to work and leave things be for now. I agreed to not dump my anxiety...
I made the mistake this evening of talking about the relationship to my wife, pleading her to give it time - give the meds time first, then work on the relationship issues. She didn't take it too...
Thank you. I'm 100% committed to learning as much as possible about this and be the best partner I can be to my wife, but it just gets so heartbreaking and scary to see her going through this....
Thank you for replying, at this stage when things are so new any perspective helps. I realize nothing's for certain, but I do believe from the bottom of my heart that I am prepared to do anything to...
I've been married to my beautiful wife for 14 years. She has suffered from depression for most of that time and been on Paxil then Lexapro. Sometimes it seemed to work, other times not so much. Three...