I feel SO guilty because my husband has to endure my behavior. I am so blessed to have him ~ he is such a wonderful man. He tells me he will never leave me. He says " part of my job, is taking care of you ". I feel guilty when my mood swings are awful, and have fear even though he says, " I will never leave you. "

You are not alone. Maybe we could find a special way to thank them. I take medicine, but it doesn't always work. Even then, he will always love me. In fact, he takes such good care of me, that he gets a little anxious himself. I feel guilty because I cannot seem to block the emotions that I feel. I guess we need to take responsibility for our "condition", but that is hard because it is not our fault that we have problems.

Marriage is really tough sometimes ~ even for normal people. I am determined to take the steps necessary, to have my husband in my life for the rest of our lives.

I am a married bipolar. Hubby and I know that we love one another. But, when he sees a cute actress or I see a cute actor, we show each other who we think is cute. But at the end of the day, we have one another.

His handicap is Attention Deficit Hyopactivity disorder, so most of my tirades he misses because he is totally unaware. So, knowing that there really is no point in getting mad, we both just laugh stuff off these days.

I'm serious. It's a good relationship.

I don't tantrum now. I laugh.

My husband wants to " fix me ". He always says, " baby, what can I do ? " I usually say, " you are ~ you treat me like a queen. " And he does.

The only way I can repay him, is to love him and treat him the same. I always do nice things for him. I agree with hairymick : on both sides, be gentle when it comes to spouses. If I were to lose mine, my life would fall apart. That is how important it is to me. I sure love him, and he does understand about bipolar. He married me knowing that I have some challenges. He is always behind me 100%.

Yes. My husband and I are both bipolar so when one of us gets down we have to understand it's just the disease and not take it personal. My 11yr old daughter is bipolar too so needless to say it's very interesting in our house. I wish you the best sweetie. Just assure your hubby it's not him when you get in a bad more.

YES YES YES

I constantly deal with this. Why cant we just be quiet and be left alone to our own thoughts?

I have bipolar, schizoaffective, obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety. My guy sees past all of this. He loves me for me.

my hubby thought that he was doing something wrong for a while until i told him that it wasn't him... it is me and my depression... so he has gotten really good at being able to tell when i am down... and he tries to talk to me about what is wrong... and mentions that perhaps i should call my counselor... he is a great hubby!!!!

my husband doesn't like to talk to me about my bipolar just pretends it's not real until i have a really bad episode and he says well i guess there is something wrong. no shit!

My husband has no interest in helping. He does assume its about him when I'm depressed, isn't everything about him? He gets mad when I'm depressed and really irritated if he sees me crying. If I am manic/hypomanic he thinks I must b on drugs.

He refuses to learn anything about bp.

YES IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING

It has been a nightmare for my husband and I dealing with my bipolar. Some days, I am fine and some days I flip out for no reason and cry and sleep for weeks. He is sick of it. The best I can say is, thank god that he has patience otherwise he would have left a long time ago.

My hubby is wonderful about my bad days. He knows when to back off and just let me go. He also knows when to hold on tight. I am very blessed. However, we have 4 children with BP and the five of us overwhelm him sometimes. It is hard to live with someone who is not bipolar and have them understand. It is harder to live with other bipolars who still don't understand.

Hugs to you. have you educated him about the disorder? Knowledge is a powerful thing.

Kryslalee

Every day!

My husband is an undiagnosed bipolar. He will swear up and down that there is nothing wrong with him. He get angry with me when I am down and gets a total attitude and tells me I need to take more pills or get my meds checked because they are not working for me. He doesn't understand that I can't stop it that it just happens.

I hear you.....its hard for the other person to understand that you are crabby not because of them...and sometimes they are the target. communicate that to him so he can be considerate.