Our stories
- Mark Discussion as New
- Mark Discussion as Read
- Float this Discussion for Current User
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
22-11-2018 01:55 PM
22-11-2018 01:55 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
@Former-Member, thinking of you
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
22-11-2018 04:52 PM
22-11-2018 04:52 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
Anxiety is a big part of BPii with sources quoting prevalence in about half of all patients, some go much higher than this when accounting for GAD, social anxiety, Panic Disorder, OCD and PTSD.
The result of the combination is not pretty with poorer outcomes and treatment challenges as ADs have potential to induce mania, other classes of antianxiety meds different problems.
Mr D along the way has been diagnosed with various anxieties (OCD, panic disorder, social anxiety and GAD).
I have stopped looking for triggers, with GAD, being generalised which means anything can set it off. Like his twin Mr Shaz, tv shows on mental illness can upset him, more often than not it is rumination over something. There is not much I can do to soothe him, sometimes music or a Ted talk will put him to sleep, sometimes not.
Anxiety robs our loved ones of so much. We have just had a lovely couple of days away, perfect weather, historic train ride and river cruise, Mr Darcy said he enjoyed them but later told me that it was not so enjoyable as something that happened the Sunday before we went away was troubling him. Needless to say, there was no intimacy and he cried the night of my birthday. Knowing this would be the likely outcome I decided that I would enjoy myself any way and that I did.
Back home now ...
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
22-11-2018 06:21 PM
22-11-2018 06:21 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
ohhh wow @Former-Member
just reading what you wrote , Mr D and Mr shaz are totally Twins
Anxiety robs our loved ones of so much.-- I agree @Former-Member,I also have so many situations like yours
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
24-11-2018 07:24 AM
24-11-2018 07:24 AM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
@Former-Member
Thinking of you.
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
26-11-2018 09:43 PM
26-11-2018 09:43 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
@Former-Member
Thinking of you and trust all is as well as it can be.
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
26-11-2018 09:58 PM
26-11-2018 09:58 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
@Former-Member
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
26-11-2018 11:26 PM
26-11-2018 11:26 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
Thanks and thinking of you all @outlander @Determined @Shaz51 @Sophie1 @Faith-and-Hope. We get to meet Mr Darcy's new pdoc and case worker +/- therapist later this week (current ones will be at appt for change over - both pdoc and therapist moving at end of year).
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
26-11-2018 11:43 PM
26-11-2018 11:43 PM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
27-11-2018 08:19 AM
27-11-2018 08:19 AM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
Bit of a bummer that they are both changing at same time @outlander. New pdoc always a problem as Mr D has very few random memories of his crisis period.
- Mark as New
- Favourite
- Subscribe
- Get link
- Flag for Moderator
27-11-2018 08:42 AM
27-11-2018 08:42 AM
Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii
Will be thinking of you through this process @Former-Member and pray that the transition is as smooth as possible.