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HELP! Afraid husband may be bi-polar
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Every 3 weeks, he has these episodes. He becomes very excited. This can be madcap joking & weird humorous behaviour or a long monologue about some issue. The excitability builds then just as suddenly, it crashes. In seconds, it becomes rage. He screams strange & paranoid accusations at me. Nothing I say or do helps. He even looks different (eyes, posture, facial expression). He curses at me, assassinates my character & some of it I can't even describe. I am the sole target of these rages. He then calms down & becomes 'normal' again (after a day or so). When I try to discuss the rages, he down-plays their severity & blames ME for 'irritating' him or 'p-ing him off' because I 'don't appreciate him'.
After the last episode, I realized I can't spend the rest of my life in fear of the week 3 explosion. Can anyone shed some light on this? If you are bi-polar, does this happen to you? Thanks! Posted on 11/02/09, 09:11 pm |
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Thanks everyone. It is hard to 'see' or assess a situation objectively when neck-deep in it. I realize that it is abuse, BP or another condition notwithstanding. Knowing whether an illness is playing a role will not change my situation but I may be able to, with a therapist, develop some coping strategies to diminish the impact of these rages while I mount an exit strategy. I don't think I can go on living this way, waiting for the next 3 week blow-up. 
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