Family & Friends of Bipolar Support Group
This community is dedicated to parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives and friends of someone who is Bipolar. The purpose of this community is to help families and friends develop greater patience and understanding, as well as maintain a positive, caring relationships with those diagnosed as Bipolar.
My husband was recently diagnosed as being bipolar. Trust me, neither of us wanted to deal with this, but here we are. My question is where does one draw the line between being supportive and crippling an individual? On the one hand I get that there are some things that my husband just cannot handle well, but other times it seems like the task is simple enough to handle, but he wants me to take care of it because he is used to me taking care of everything. When should I take over and when should I encourage him to handle things on his on?
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Happy start of the week! Imbecile put away laundry and started purging my closet of summer clothes. I'm wearing a new sweater today. It's burnt orange with fall decor and it says just a girl who loved fall! I love it. How are you today and what's your weather like? Cold and wet here.
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Why have pics when we can have gifs?! Hope you've had a silly good weekend!
It took me a couple of years to find the right meds and benefit from therapy re healing.... During that time I was off of work and I needed to be
I think educating yourself and your husband doing the same will benefit you both greatly ..... I will put up a link to signs and symptoms ... We have a chronic but treatable disorder and with the right treatment he should be healthy again.... Big hug....xo
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/basics/symptoms/con-20027544