My husband has moved out more times than I can count. I'm the only person he can count on to catch him when he falls and put him back on his feet. He comes back when he runs out of money or needs a soft place to land. He moved out again the week before Christmas. It was a seriously low blow. He spent a very large sum of money in just a few days. It's heartbreaking. I don't know how much more I am willing to take.
9 months ago
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Just found out my wife has bi polar and she has just near on completely cut me off from what I thought was a special relationship. I would give the world to support her through it when she's ready. Thank you for offering an understanding on this illness as it has helped me cope better from the other side.
9 months ago
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Yes almost all my relationships I’ve ended was because of an episode. And what sucks is that those same relationships also started because of episodes. So now that I’m taking meds I’m finding it extremely hard to get into a relationship without the boost in charisma and energy that the mania gave me. I still get bursts every now and then, meds aren’t a 100 percent fix. But I tend to be in places where it’s less likely to find a partner when I’m manic. I’m either at work or at home. I don’t want to be alone forever and every year I stay single the more that seems like a reality. I just don’t know how to do it anymore a lot has changed. Sometimes I don’t take my meds for a few days just to feel the energy and charisma come back for a bit and before it becomes destructive I start taking my meds again. I know that’s terrible but I can’t help but feel a huge part of my personality is the mania. I’ve gotten better now and I’m learning to be me again but I would do anything to be able to date again and feel wanted again.
9 months ago
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I lost everything because of my Bipolar, the love of my life that always there for me every time I had mania and depression had reached her limit and have the courage to leave me.
9 months ago
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Brain scramble...thought I was the only one hurting! Never true. Self sabotage is strong here.
9 months ago
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Ruined my life that way. Nothing more i wish to tell. Too personal and too painful and haunts me still 12 years later
9 months ago
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Mine just ended our engagement. Was going to be married but her mother started her drinking and it affected her medication. Took a while to get her sober again and then same thing happened. Now it's family enemies. I feel distraught. Everything over because her family aren't strong enough to be there for her.
9 months ago
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I also started a relationship in the midst of hypomania careening towards full out manic episode and nearly ruined a 10 yr friendship when came out of mania and realized that was a mistake 😟
9 months ago
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yes but thankfully it just gave me the boost i needed to get out of that relationship which had failed a few yrs prior. same with a shitty employer. i had already come to those conclusions based off their actions.
9 months ago
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You try to help, but after years living like that and an adult son of her who is living again with her who doesn’t want to see you either because he’s understandably fed up with it too I not really know anymore how to go through with this. I help her when she calls or text, but I stopped with fighting to maintain a relationship with her. I also have to think about my own well-being. I hope she is well, because I do still care about her, but I can’t give her or myself what we both need and deserve.
9 months ago
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Technically right after… but I was telling a friend how I wanted to break up with him while I was in a mixed episode (he didn’t do anything). And, well, it was still the truth. I did it shortly after that episode ended. Not sure if that counts
9 months ago
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Honestly, even though I have bipolar disorder I don’t differentiate some things as me having a bipolar episode, everyone can be really angry or acting rather crazy sometimes. I feel like these days many people are losing their cool. I chew gum sometimes to keep myself from wanting to scream and yell, and I don’t want to rap and cuss like Eminem, I don’t even want to hear anymore from him, getting tired of Taylor Swift too, getting tired of everything, yeah, my dark mood won’t go away. I’m just not good.
9 months ago
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No, but I have gone into an episode of mania because I broke up with a guy. Then while still in the episode I got with my now husband. It's been over 7 years now.
9 months ago
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Have you ever ended a relationship during a Bipolar episode?
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