My closest friend has type 2 bipolar disorder. She had has extreme upset in her life last year and really depended on me emotionally and I was happy to help support her. She's also been a very good friend to me.
A few months ago her behaviour changed. My sweet, gentle and patient friend became irritable and argumentative. She cancelled plans and refused to meet up or speak to me on the phone.
A few weeks ago she blocked me across all but one social media platform. On that one, she removed her name, made the account private and removed her profile picture and replaced it with a black square. She has also blocked me on WhatsApp.
I've been driving myself mad trying to figure out what I've 'done'. I'm suffering from really bad insomnia and today I had a look at her profiles from another account. She's removed all her profile photos from her work Instagram, personal Instagram and Facebook account and replaced them with cartoons. This is very very unusual. On her work page she followed a lot of other professional accounts but she's gone from following 4,000 pages to 300. Its bad form in her profession not to support her peers.
I think this is much bigger than whatever has happened with our friendship and now I'm worried sick about her.
I found a greetings card on Etsy that reads 'I miss you so much x'. Would it be too much to send that just signed inside? I want to give her space but I'm now thinking of her in a deep depressive state and thinking nobody cares about her. I want to reach out but I'm scared it might make things worse between us if she's still hypomanic.