Oct
30
2009
What Is The Best Way To Deal With A Spouse With Manic Depression?
Posted by: Alan in Manic Depression, tags: Best, Deal, Depression, Manic, Spouse, What, With
You need to help them get on medication. It will change the situation completely.
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October 30th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
How manic is he? Was the diagnosis conducted by a Psychiatrist? He may need lithium, and possibly other med’s, in combination w/ therapy. When someone is diagnosed w/ this disorder, they usually have other disorders to go w/ it, called co-morbidity. – Has anybody else in his family got this disorder? – If you really love him unconditionally, get him help. – The disease is better known today as bi-polar disorder. Best to get professional help, and hope he isn’t too bad.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I don’t really know. I grew up with a best friend who’s dad was manic and still is. He is really scary one minute and the nexy he is fine. It is really damaging to children, just for future reference. Medication?? Good luck sweetie!
October 30th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
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October 31st, 2009 at 4:10 am
Get them to take lithium.
October 31st, 2009 at 6:38 am
I don’t know…my brother’s girlfriend was living with us and she’s bipolar too. It seems you can’t reason with them. One night she really got crazy and so we called the police and her mother gave permission for them to take her to the hospital. She complained about it later. She’s finally back on her meds and is ok now.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:51 am
If they refuse to get help for it, don’t stay on the meds or go to therapy, divorce. That’s what I’m doing. Life is too short to spend it with someone who is miserable most of the time and to have to worry about what trouble they’re going to stir when they’re not….
October 31st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Medication and thearpy should help…my father was a manic depressive, in todays language it is like bi-polar. If he is on medication and even if not. he should not drink as this will make matters worse.
October 31st, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Wow! This is difficult. I am the spouse with manic depression. My husband had a terrible time years ago before I got professional help. I look back on it all and appreciate his patience and fortitude during those years and know I have the best husband on the planet.
You need to make sure your spouse gets professional help. People who are dealing with depression have a hard time going to get the help on their own. You need to be the strong one and make the appointment and insist they go to it. That is one of the things my husband did for me. Eventually I was able to find a medication that made me feel human again. This is a process in itself. Some of them work for some people and not others, but be patient until your spouse finds the right one. You’ll know before your spouse does that the right one has been found. Good luck!
October 31st, 2009 at 8:46 pm
you should first get him/her help! Manic depression is very serious and could lead to suicide. the spouse can go to the court and petition to have the other spouse admitted. It may sound cruel but at least you or they would know he/she will recover with no injuries
October 31st, 2009 at 10:32 pm
a lot of perseverance and professional help
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 am
Good luck, I believe that is what I was dealing with througout 16 years of a bad marriage. I hope you spouse realizes they need help, and you both can work through it together. If that is not the case, you have to do what is best for you.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:25 am
help her and try to make her feel better