Understanding My Ex's Manic Depression
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Understanding My Ex's Manic Depression
| Fri, 04-02-2004 - 2:00pm |
My now Ex boyfriend has Manic Depression and I would like to get some reading material on Manic Depression and how it effects relationships or how partners can effectively deal with a manic depressive partner. I feel that understanding more about his disorder may help me answer some lingering questions and help me to move on without him. I would like to ask for any suggested reading on this topic or any personal stories that people would like to share about how their disorder effected their realtionships.
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Hi my name is Erin welcome to the board....
I am sorry to hear about your situation with your ex but I do think that it is great that you want to educate yourself on bipolar disorder.
I suffer from rapid cycling it is called cyclthymic disorder (I spelled that one wrong) it is a form of bipolar disorder but my moods shift alot but not as severe as someone who is bipolar it has made relationships very strained but with medication it and therapy it has evened me out alot I can handel things much better my moods are not as extreme as they used to be.
Before I was diagnosed with having bipolar I thought that the way I was , was just my make up the way that I was meant to be but after learning more about the disease and seeing a shrink and therapist I now know that it has to do with the chenicals in my brain and that I do not have to be that way anymore.
There are alot of different froms of bipolar disorder and there is a message board for bipolar disorder you may want to check it out and ask as many questions as you can think of they also have articles or in your seach engine just type in bipolar disorder and it will give you a ton of info that is what I did and I made me feel releaved that I was not enetering a life sentence after I educated myself I was able to educate others.
I ruined alot of relationships before I knew what was wrong with me and before I got on meds I was mean evil I would yell scream throw fits ect.. i MADE LIFE HELL FOR EVERYONE AROUND ME AND NOW i AM WORKING ON REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.
Sorry for the caps didnt mean to do that, but anyways is your ex on medicine is he seeing a therapist a shrink?
I hope that I was of some help to you.Good luck I admire your desitre to gain knowledge on this disease.
Erin
I have been looking into material on the internet about his disorder but I was posting on this board (and the bipolar board) to get some recommendations about what would be the best readings for me given my situation. Thank you once again.
Hi Loveadvice,
You might want to visit the Bipolar Disorder message board for more information on this topic:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-bhbipolar
Overview:
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/library/nwh/content/0,,215912_269239,00.html
Symptoms:
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/experts/emotional/qas/0,11816,242102_175043,00.html
Mental Health topics:
http://www.ivillage.com/topics/health/0,10707,166182,00.html
IVHealth Ruth Ann
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