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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See what I'm talking about?  PP is amazing! 🤗  Seriously, I thank you.

I'm reminded by your post that the seasonal thing was another clue for me (he gets seasonal affective disorder...maybe...who knows what's what anymore).

I got so much more info from you than all the professionals I called around to and the four therapists and psychiatrists we met with.  It was incredibly frustrating.  I was desperate to consult with someone knowledgeable about bipolar, and the few who had promise had no openings.  I sobbed on the phone with the Johns Hopkins mood disorders clinic, but they couldn't take us on and also had zero recommendations.  It was so incredibly frustrating and demoralizing.  Our marriage and his life (suicidal thoughts) were on the line, and it felt like we were the first people to deal with bipolar, which is ridiculous.  I signed up for the NAMI Family to Family course, and then COVID hit and it was canceled.  There was no support structure in place in our moment of crisis, and now that window has closed and too much damage has been done.

And the mental health team he has in place now is a damn joke.  I overhear him telling his therapist over Zoom that he's doing great, when I could tell a very different story, but the therapist always takes him at face value, which just seems irresponsibly, unprofessionally naive.  Sigh.[/quote]

Thanks, pay it forward. Everything I learned, I learned by reading books, reputable websites like NAMI and NIMH and reading medical journal articles. It’s been a very time consuming process over years to understand what about mental illness.  I also kept a journal, without which I never would have seen the patterns to his behavior.

FWIW, NAMI Montgomery County is holding Family to Family classes now. I’m sorry that wasn’t happening earlier in the pandemic, but it is now, and it might even be possible to sign up for a class by Zoom at a NAMI in another county or state.

Your story about having difficulty finding good doctors is very common. We also went thru several before finding qualified people.  Add in considerations of in v out of network and all the insurance issues, and finding a good psychiatrist and therapist is a nightmare. 
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