Hi I am new on here but thankyou for reading this. I am wondering if anyone on here knows anything about bipolar. DP is wonderful in many ways, I love him to pieces but recently his mood swings have got worse. I have been reading about bipolar and I wonder if anyone has experience of treatement for this working? Or even how to tell if it is actually this?
No way will he go to see the gp and I have asked gp anyway what he thinks about him but he says (rightly)that he cannot discuss dp with me but that I should keep encouraging him to go.
Dp doesn't have any friends to speak of, or I would talk to them about this. He is friendless. It doesn't seem to bother him as he thinks other people are below him anyway. His family are not around. I do love him and want to help him but I am worried by his moods. We cant get out together but then he wouldn't go anyway. I have a couple of girlfriends I can talk to but they are busy I dont like bothering them with it.
Dp gets angry and upset but then sulks and I am a nothing to him. He has walked out for a few days in the past then comes back and says he is very sorry and is in bits. When he's nice its fantastic but when hes on a downer there is no getting through. Also he sulks for days and takes money out of our account then when he gets over it puts the money back in and is genuinely devistated at what he has done. He has never been good with money and I am in charge of money as a result but I wonder if this makes him feel useless.
I know it all sounds awful but I think if he had some friends he wouldnt feel so bad about life?
thanks in advance for your help. I know you will say go to GP but he wont. thanks.
Also, he has two children from another relationship but i have to try hard to make him keep the relationship with them going. I know he loves them but he sees them as a punishment for his problems.