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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Julie A. Fast best selling author of Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder and Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder is a critically acclaimed six-time author, award winning bipolar disorder advice columnist, national speaker, and sought after expert in the fields of bipolar disorder and depression. Julie's work specializes in helping real people manage all aspects of their daily lives and despite the complications that bipolar disorder creates. Learn how to how to personalize a plan to help yourself or a loved one find and create stability that ensures the quality of life that we all deserve, visit: http://www.bipolarhappens.com

the other half must educate him/herself on BP and be very patient and supportive...also must have a support system of friends and fam to help in the rough times.

my husband is BPI (misanthrop on DS)
check out and join the family & friends BP community. i have also read the book "loving someone with bipolar disorder" that darksign mentioned --it helped me gain a lot of perpective about BP. it's different being the spouse of a bipolar person-takes a lot of patience to say the least. feel free to message me anytime.

Mine knows about b/p, but refuses to accept it. My last suicide attempt he yelled at me and called me a baby, he said it was his way of trying to motivate me. Motivate me my ASS! Wish I had someone who loved and accepted me. Unfortunately I am without a college degree and unable to find a job that pays enough to support myself. I have no friends or family to turn to either. I AM SCREWED!!!!

My wife did most of the BP research, cause she was convinced my meds weren't working right, and that it was probably because I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. She's the one driving my getting better medical care.

If I didn't have my wife along, I'd be lost.

my partner has best intentions nut i dont believe he fully understands by no means but ill give him an a+ for trying

Paul read about it, and talked to me in my mania and depression, it's stressful sometimes, but he is patient with me, and he understands it, I know he'll be able to help me out, and support me. He gets it.

My husband looks to me for his education really. SOmetimes my caseworker will call and talk to him and start the talk. He is very understanding and tells me as long as I am taking my meds and TRYING to get better he will continue to be supportive and understanding.

When I go to the hospital I dont usually get visits as he sees it as time I need t focus on me. We talk on the phone and he calls and cares but he thinks being there will take away time from my recovery. He is very supportive if I must go how ever.

I've done a lot of reading & found this site to be the best place to gain knowledge & support.
My partners bp has made me a stronger person & made our relationship stronger.

I try to find 'my things', my own interests but I've also got involved with a supporters support group & have recently been asked to be on a family reference group, giving the mental health system my input on how they could make improvements. It's given me a change in career path, I now want to help others in my situation, something I never would have dreamt of doing in the past.

Like the person with the illness there are days when getting out of bed can be a struggle but we keep going.

I highly recommend Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder by Julie A. Fast as well. My husband really likes the book and finds to to be VERY helpful.

I brought mine a the book Bipolar for Dummies home and he took it outside, burned it and said that there is no such thing as bipolar and that it it a copout! Talk about abuse!