2007-03-02 16:43:45 · 12 answers · asked by Debbie F 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Getting your spouse to a qualified primary care physician for a complete check-up and examination including full blood work-up and other studies to rule out medical causes which can imitate or present with changes in mood or behavior. If all that turns out fine, get your spouse to a qualified psychiatrist for a full evaluation and necessary medication and therapeutic help. Bipolar disorder is an illness, as biologically based as any other illness, and can be managed quite well for the vast majority of people with that condition. Illnesses of any kind, mental, body, spiritual, etc., can either split up a family or bring them closer together. I hope for both of you that you can work together to get this question resolved. Good luck.
2007-03-02 16:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by andromedasview@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this question isn't very specific....so I'll do my best. If s/he is not medicated, encourage them to see a psychiatrist. Or at least get some kind of treatment. The difficulty with a lot of bipolar people is that they believe there's nothing wrong with them so they refuse treatment. Perhaps try to help them see that they need some help (but be careful not to insult). Whatever you can do to get them treatment without totally forcing them into it. And just remember that results are never instantaneous, and it may take quite a while to find something that works.
If your spouse is already medicated, it would seem that the medication isn't working like it's supposed to. There are a lot of options for mood stabilizers, and the dosages can be adjusted.
That's the best I can do. Good luck.
2007-03-02 17:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by J-Girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FIRST, deal with the issue at hand which is your spouse's bipolar illness. Help him/her acquire the best medical treatment possible before even considering the divorce issue. Being bipolar is not your spuose's fault. SHE IS ILL. With the help of wonder drugs out there combined with therapy, all might actually change for the better.
IF you have exhausted ALL possible medical means to treat and manage this mental state and your relationship is still in shambles, you may now call your divorce lawyer.
2007-03-02 16:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by aurearhea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say. Have you given up being married to him? If so, and you don't have small children, activity away from him, would be a good antidote (stay busy day and night, away from him). Or, are you not divorcing because you fear violence? If so, then you have to break the hidden family secret (which, of course, your spouse would much prefer!) by informing an authoritarian (marriage counselor, the police, your doctor, your siblings, etc). If I knew what your intent was, I could help further (please email me, thank you)
2007-03-02 16:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get involved! Learn all you can about the illness and make sure you see to it that your spouse takes every dose of prescribed medicine on time. Make sure your spouse sees the doctors on a regular basis and fully understand the doctors instructions and advice. With proper monotoring this illness can be very sucessfully controlled and you cared enough to marry this person please care enough help your spouse and enjoy each others time together/
2007-03-02 16:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sheriff of Yahoo! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want to say - even if you love someone, don't stay with them if they just drag you down. I know that life deals some shitty blows but nobody needs to subject themself to the overwhelmingly dark and depressive world of someone else.
If the spouse you agreed to love and care for forever gets in a ****** up accident and stays depressed the rest of his life because of everything he lost, he's not worth staying with. You don't need to drag your life down and quit living because you said you would. Put it this way - you lied.
Wouldn't you rather live and enjoy life, albeit lying? Than to be with someone who just helps you live a miserable life. What the hell's the point!?!
2007-03-02 17:05:56 · answer #6 · answered by jennainhiding 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they arent on medicine, that is the first thing that needs to be done. give them an ultimatum...meds or be alone. bipolar is an easily treated condition. speaking from experience an adult with bipolar disorder has a responsibility to take their meds for themselves and the people around them. if he/she is beyond reasoning, look into hospitalization to regulate meds and therapy to help cognition.
2007-03-02 17:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for me, it understanding and learning everything about the disorder. Going to support groups and sharing the up and down with others. I love my wife and made a promise of "in sickness and health," and i aim to keep my promise.
2007-03-02 20:04:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you love that peron you will stay and try to be the best support that person has, It is not easy on them and they are handleing the best way they can! OR you can be a chicken sh*t coward and leave, like that is going to help him/her.
2007-03-02 16:54:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
COMMUNICATION!!!!!! going to sessions with him/her......getting help together.....minor seperation....Dont give up until its absolutly to the point of breaking up/divorce......... :(
2007-03-02 16:53:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋