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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like bipolar mania might be possible.  Psychiatric eval stat and be sure you give doctor input on behavior. [/quote]

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Insisted he have a neuro psych exam when he was fired. Either tester was lame or something.  Indicated that he had personality disorder and memory loss to my regret.   He clearly has grandiose traits and thinks that rules don't apply to him.[/quote]

NP here. OP, please push hard for him to be tested as an inpatient for bipolar disorder. Please heed the several posters mentioning bipolar as a real possibility. The first, outpatient evaluation may have missed something.

Then you will have to consider whether the qualities you love, and for which you married him, are still present enough amid whatever mental issue is there. You'd need to decide whether you could stick with him to help him get treated to Possibly get back to the person you knew--a stressful choice but one you could end up making IF his behaviors are not abusive.  If he's abusive of course protection from abuse trumps all.

Close friend's husband underwent a huge personality change ( though it was over months and not years) and it turned out to be a rare, incurable brain disease manifesting itself.  So if your DH was once a person who would never have done the things he's been doing, consider that there may be a physical or mental issue that's beyond his control. When the behavior harms a spouse or kids, of course the spouse has to get protection by leaving etc. But if there is a treatable problem --and if DH is willing to get and stick with treatment--things might change. Consider getting your own therapist to help you figure out what to do.[/quote]

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