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[quote=Anonymous]My husband is bipolar and it took a long time of bad psychiatric care to get to that diagnosis.   He finally is on medication that works and life is smoother. I actually went to therapy myself to learn how to advocate for self and to set up boundaries.   Often people with bipolar will go off meds when they are feeling stable thinking they are fine, and then that sets of a mess.    The third time my husband did that he was in a full mania, and did a lot of damage to self, relationship, career, and finances.    I told him that I'd be pursuing separation unless he stayed on the meds.   That was a year ago and things much better.    Another area of concern for me was his drinking on such medication.   You are not supposed to drink with the medication he takes.    He binged drank and was abusive to me verbally one night after a social event, so I told him that I would not be joining him at any event where he was drinking as I could not risk the abuse.  And I followed through.  There has been no more drinking for a while.

The thing is you have to get strong yourself and know truly in your heart what your line is that you can live with and what you could not.   Tell them what you need and hope the 2 of you can be partners in mental health.   Many with mental illnesses do not have insight into their own issues.   Read "I'm not sick I don't need help by Dr. Amador.   Gives you lots of insight on the best ways to approach and support a mentally ill loved one.

Good luck[/quote]

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