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Were there triggers? What were they?

Was this recent hospitalization?

Antidepressants dont generally work for bipolar can make it worse.

Its interesting because comic book Batman is bipolar.

Its really hard.. I like this video. I also learned recently that bipolar only gets worse with age.

I am just as guilty as the next person but I'm not bipolar. I really feel that all this medicine is pharmacia, sorcery and witchcraft. It's not good that we do this. Society needs to change for the individuals not the other way around. I'm sorry, it's not a judgment but I just disagree. We accept people as they are. I have a bipolar other half and I just suffer with it. I am praying to be rewarded someday in heaven by the grace of Jesus Christ. 🙏❤️❤️❤️ She's so up and down and abusive all the time. I deny myself just like he says to do. There's times where I have went off and I shouldn't have. I should have just been understanding and took the blows. When you dedicate your life to someone you dedicate your life to someone on their level. I have given up my life and I don't mind. Love you and love Jesus 🙏❤️❤️❤️ It will all be over soon.

I don't believe in medication for any personality disorders. It's unnatural. We're living in the last days anyway so all will level out soon. We have perverted so much that we are now Sodom and Gomorrah. Like the days of Noah. All this "science" and denying God. It's a case of a sick society. There is no ADHD, bipolar, narcissism, etc. we have advanced so much technology that we lost sight of the human aspect. We cannot adopt quickly enough. Back in small villages, every personality type had its own special function. We have completely perverted that out of our own selfishness. You know, in the last days people will be lovers of self? It's always about how it affects me me me me. Jesus tells us to deny ourselves pick up our crosses and follow him. I am guilty so many times. It's all about remission of sins. I just pray that the time is short and that we are delivered from all this and can live in peace. No judgement whatsoever by the way, it's just how I've been seeing the whole world lately. Including myself because I'm a part of it. Please Jesus come back soon. 🙏❤️❤️❤️

I actually know somebody that's addicted to stimulants because they love the manic high. It's destroying me. Yes, very bipolar. I'm always on the run, wandering who she's going to be day by day. Does she like me does she hate me? Post-menopause didn't help. 😞😞😞

Please don't say "bipolars". That is a very offensive label. How about people with bipolar? Thank you

Yes i agree

Spouses are the only family members worth fighting for. My entire family shunned me years ago and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I had to help me before I could become a wide.🐉

here's the problem with all due respect.... What about you? You have conformed to his disease. What about your healing and your trauma? Your ptsd? You will NEVER be prepared for the outbursts. The drunk at work thing happened at my house too. There was also a hyper state going on in my house. He has meds and won't take them. They don't care about anything NOTHING. My husband was off for a few weeks and started obsessing about everyone too. Til he threw me out for absolutely no reason at all... now he wants to be all apologetic and wtf ever. I have no sympathy for it anymore. Because like I said from the start... Whate about you ? What about me? FUCK THEM.

Wow...!! I will test this though we're on the brink of going apart...

True

If you don't like your spouse get a divorce it's too simple. Who cares anyway?

I myself am going through one. And I recognize it and I can't do anything about it.

Your awesome snowbird.

Partner to a bipolar and BPD spouse too. It's amazing how similar your story is to mine and my husband and its so nice to know others are out there that are or have been where I am at. Again. My husbands first big manic episode lasted about 4 months and like your story, he was undiagnosed when his first big episode happened. I didn't know what was going on, I though he was abusing pain killers at first because he seemed drunk or high (similar to the story about your husband at work). Things got bad, and we even went through a divorce. He broke the mania after a bad mediation session and I think the stress of knowing we were know going to have a judge decide our future finally burnt him out and threw him into depression. Fast forward two years to today. We are still married and cancelled the divorce. We are still incredibly in love, but right now my husband is in another episode. I was naive too in thinking I was ready or that he would not go 'that' manic again and I likely added more stress by not seeing it and being more understanding when the mania was starting to come back. A lot has happened in the past month and I have not seen my husband in almost a month. He is with a good friend of ours and I check in with him just to make sure he is okay. I get very fragmented messages back, but he at least responds to "I miss you" but not "I love you" right now. He has been splitting and If you know about this, the close loved ones often get ghosted during this time. I am staying strong and I keep saying "he will be home soon" but I miss him so much right now, but all I can do is be there on the side line, supporting from a far, and not doing anything that controls or makes him feel like I am controlling him. Just very hard on spouses like me that miss their person, best friend, and husband. Thank you for sharing, times like this I am very lonely and it lifts my spirts to know there is a whole community out there of others going through similar and we are not alone.

My wife of 17 years had her first psychotic break followed by mania this week and your videos are helpful in a difficult time ❤

Hello. I recently got engaged February 17.Th of this year. I thought to the man of my dreams. Come to find out he has bipolar disorder that he kept from me. he has been in and out of mania for weeks now. We’ve been taking it very slow. I slept over last night and he was warm and loving and woke up this morning to an angry, aggressive, disrespectful person . I am hurt just feels like a bad dream 😢 I feel sorry for him. But I have two daughters. I don’t know how this marriage would look if I continued to go through with it down the line.😢 💔

1.Your smothering me 2.They/you had to start something. Could be at the grocery store, anywhere. 3. I’m leaving town and nobody will know where I am 4.This relationship isn’t working for me, it was a mistake (last week was fine). 5.You need to stop being so sensitive (bc nobody should care about being accused of crap they didn’t do and threatened with losing someone permanently)

I just found your videos! Wow 🤯🤯🤯 you just explained my life!!!! My husband voluntarily went to the ER during his first (first as in recognized) episode of mania. He thought they’d release him, but the judge ended up committing him for a 72 hour evaluation. He was CONVINCED that I was behind it all, even though I had nothing to do with, not to mention that he voluntarily took himself to the ER! Unfortunately, the hospital released him without a diagnosis or plans for follow-up care. He’s still in mania almost a year later, and is still 100% convinced that I’m behind every single bad thing that happens to him. So frustrating, but I keep reminding myself that he has a mental disorder. We have two young kids, and I want nothing more than for him to get better for them. I could divorce him, but that would leave him in a worse mental state, without health insurance, and most likely unsupervised visits with our kids. At least with me here, he has health insurance to get help and I’m able to supervise the things he does with the kids.

My husband was an alcoholic who was placed in a medically induced coma for 45 days because of severe withdraw symptoms that started when he was in the hospital for pancreatitis. About a year after this incident, he was right back where he started - drinking everyday, being irresponsible, etc. One day, and I do mean literally ONE day, he stopped drinking and became super hyper, happy, but delusional. He started sending long, rambling text messages to EVERYONE and ANYONE who would listen. He even recorded himself having long, in-depth, strange conversations with panhandlers. He claimed to have reached a “higher level of consciousness “ and found the key to the universe. He had a million ideas, scribbled all over his notebook, even claiming in one sentence that he was Elon Musk and the most interesting man on earth. He wanted money for these ideas he had, and when we told him no, he went ballistic by sending NASTY, vile text messages and accusing us all of not supporting him and trying to sabotage his life. He knows something has changed, but he thinks that his sudden sobriety uncovered a genius level intelligence within his brain that had been suppressed. Fortunately, I’m the bread winner and pay ALL the bills. He has a “business” and is “self-employed, but he barely works and probably makes $1000 a YEAR, so he’s more like “self-unemployed”. I’ve completely cut him off financially and just recently found out that in the 6 months since I cut him off, he has managed to max out multiple credit cards and completely ruin his credit. No matter how much he begs, pleads, throws temper tantrums, kisses my A, I’m not going to give in. I’m trying to help him, but he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with his brain. He likes the feeling, and to be honest, I probably would too. Sorry for the long rant, but I would like to know your thoughts on how to get a bi-polar to accept that they have a disorder. He’s been in different intensities of mania for almost a year, since April 2023, and has not drank a drop of alcohol since that day, which is VERY strange considering that he was an EXTREME alcoholic. I’m hoping he’ll come down and go back into the depressive state he was in after coming out of the coma, but it’s taking forever. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for all your videos! They truly help those who are going through the same thing ❤

Thank you for continuing to make these videos! You were a bright light during some of our darkest times. I've since learned to stop reacting, choose my battles, and set BOUNDARIES! This infuriated him, and I told him, you need to stay on your meds, get into therapy, or I'm gone, period. We were in a therapists office by the end of the day. It's only been a couple of weeks, but I can tell he's working really hard, and he says he's regretful of his past behavior. We have our 2nd therapy appointment tomorrow, he's currently working on a list of what he wants to address. (He insists that if I don't go into the therapist office with him, he's not going.... I'm OK with that, for now) 😊

Thank you for your videos. I’m the bipolar spouse - I think your content is important.

Please keep making videos.

Glad to see you back! 💙

Thank you for the update! I binge watched your entire channel in one sitting, I found it so incredibly helpful. It's hard to find anything from a wife's perspective without a heavy religious narrative. I did find Polar Warriors, which is great insight into what my husband is going through, but I guess I just needed to hear a voice that understood ME. THIS SHIT IS HARD! You should consider monetizing and making this a retirement project, you're really great at it! I appreciate the straight forward talk without the fluff. Btw, I think you look gorgeous! Your natural haircolor really compliments your skin tone, and the bangs are adorable.! I look forward to many more videos! 💙😘

I just found your channel and your videos have been really helpful tonight. I noticed a 9 year time lapse, i hope you give us an update. Im going through a rough parch with my bipolar husband, and your's was the first channel i coyld really relate to. Hope all is well. 💙😘

I would love to hear more about your experiences, as a bipolar person. It gives some hope.

I'm tired of having a bipolar husband

More Videos Maam

Wow, I never thought about my bipolar and traveling. I’ve noticed that I almost always end up hypomanic and I wait until the night before our trip to pack and then I would like get three hours of sleep or zero hours of sleep and then just like take a Xanax on the plane and then yeah not a great cycle, luckily I’m 31 and poor so I don’t go anywhere anymore. Lol.

Omg! I hear all of this in a slightly different form.

So glad you and your spouse are doing well. Mine decided to divorce me in the middle of a medication switch…and I am honestly thankful for it. I was personally drowning. That was six years ago now. While I do not engage with him, I do follow his blog to make sure he’s doing okay. He remarried last year…and I pray he is doing okay for his sake and his wife’s. He wrote and self published a book about his early years with bipolar (our marriage)…and he has turned me into an absolute villain in it. Those of you who have been married to someone with bipolar would certainly understand how much that hurts. After all you did to support them…they have zero thanks for it and put nothing but horrible things about you out to the world to read. Almost equally as horrible is being able to “read” the episodes throughout the writing. I can literally tell what state he is in based on how he is writing. Way too many f-words for a book in my opinion. Anyway…I’m sorry…this has little to do with your post. We all know how rare it is to find another person who loves (or loved) someone with bipolar. I just needed to share with the people who understand.

No I'm here watching..I just started dating someone who suffers from Bipolar 1. He just told me a week ago. We've been dating for about 4 months now. Happy anniversary 🎉

I have been with my bipolar husband for 6 years 😢...it's so tough for me when disorder attacks We have a 3 year old baby girl also

Yes, please. Of all the videos I’ve watched on the subject yours has never popped up till today. I find it invaluable and subscribed right away. Married 35 years next month, but ran into major problems 2 1/2 years ago. I will continue to watch. He is a good man with this disorder. Thank you ❤

yes please. you are the only one with bipolar spouse on RUclips that I found

Thank you for the update! I did watch your videos last time my husband had a manic episode and wasn't his usual self, and they really helped me remember that it's his illness that's making him act the way he does sometimes (even though he's medicated). It helped me be more patient with him as well. 🙂 It was very helpful and reassuring to have a wife's point of view, so thank you for making those videos! Wishing you and your family all the best!

Thank you ❤

Just got out of the hospital myself. Bipolar stinks!

Yes please make videos.

Your content has been so helpful! Thank you for this update - I hope you make future videos ♥️

Hi ! I’m so glad to see you back ..being with my bipolar spouse for five years now ..diagnosed three years back ..he is taking his medications everyday but I see denial of the seriousness of this illness . Also I have extensively educated myself about this illness ..I observe his mood swings and arrogance on some days but I’m unable to have these honest conversations with him due to guards up attitude ! Can you plz share how did you deal with something like this since this illness can be very sneaky . So grateful to see you back ❤

1:25 - Awwww 🥰 You guys are still together ❤️ 2:20 - Being medically compliant 👏🏽 2:50 - His son diagnosed with Bipolar 💔 3:22 - He is doing great! Yaay!! 4:05 - Sharing your experience is more than enough ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for sharing. The grey hair looks good on you 😊😊. I'm so happy you guys are still together, gives me hope for my own relationship. 😊

Divorced mine after a nightmare of years. Glad it worked for you. But in my marriage there was 0 hope

I am bipolar as well. I am taking medication & it has helped some much better than a few months ago

Thank u so mich for sharing this! I already do some of those things, but this "keep him home" thing is impossible: or because I have my own obligations to fulfill, or because he goes to places where women arent welcome. This is my hubs 2nd manic episode (that I am aware of, of course!) and now while he's almost irrational I started contacting his friends and have them helping me to a certain extent. Its been really hard on both of us and now Im affraid he wont take his meds. 😢😢

My soon to be ex is bipolar and unmedicated. He wasn't diagnosed when I met him. He is a very selfish nasty narcissist. I have stage 4 cancer. I was bed ridden for 3 months. Whilst so ill and on fentanyl patches, he told me he didn't want to be responsible for me or the dog. All the time I was with him , his anger was off the scale. I financed everything also. Now, I will sell my apartment and move away. He is too self centered to be in a relationship, it's all about him. I just want to escape and enjoy what's left of my life.