Is a relationship with Bipolar individual possible...?!


Question: Is a relationship with Bipolar individual possible...?
I'm talking marriage. Is it possible? My boyfriend is bipolar. We have been together for two years, but don't live together. I'm worried that in the future, if we do move in together, I'll see a side that I haven't seen before or It will put way too much stress on me.....

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Yes, although things would be much better if he is using either medications, or the natural treatments, or both.

Read: Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder by Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston Psy D ABPP, & When Someone You Love Is Bipolar: Help and Support for You and Your Partner by Cynthia G. Last, & Friends and Family Bipolar Survival Guide by Debra Meehl and Mark Meehl,
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The Bipolar Relationship: How to understand, help, and love your partner by Jon P. Bloch, Bernard Golden, and Nancy Rosenfeld, & Bipolar Disorder: The Ultimate Guide by Sarah Owen and Amanda Saunders, from your bookstore, or Amazon.com and check out the others, via their searchbar "bipolar disorder; partners" etc., and for the bipolars themselves; get them a few of the best ones.

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I think it depends. Is your boy-friends bipolar severe? Is it being managed? And how much does he rely on you right now?

If his moods are very variable, and he has really high up's and really low downs, then I would probably not get married. It is very stressful to be responsible for another persons mental health, and unless you go into the marriage with your eyes wide open, it will be difficult to cope with.

I had a friend who married a man with bi-polar and she had to divorce him because the situation exacerbated her own anxiety. On the other hand, he is now happily and functionally married to someone who has no problems with it. So I guess it depends on your own mental health, personality and coping ability as well as his.

experience



I know what you mean. I had a boyfriend who was bipolar and it was hard. I was always so happy and everything and he would be so up and down. It gets to the point to where you start believing it is there personality becuz you adjust to it so much. I felt so horrible though breaking up with him. He made a huge journal about how he felt about me and it was all positive stuff, but whenever I would be with him in person he was always angry. And it never added up how he thought all this positive stuff, but never showed his love towards me. I would definitely think long and hard about everything before you make any big decisions. It is a really tough issue.



It's possible, but it will be hard. I hope he is taking medication, if he's not, then I don't think it will be possible to have a good relationship, let alone a marriage. Even if he's on meds you may still see a side of him that you haven't seen before. I'm bipolar, was married for a while, and I'm sure it was very stressful for my husband at the time. And contributed to the divorce too.



My father is bipolar, and my mom seems to manage it just fine. He does take medication for it, though, and it does stress her out a little when he skips a couple of days (as he tends to do when he doesn't have work). I'm not saying it's impossible if he doesn't take medication, but I honestly don't know how well my mother would be able to handle it if my dad stopped completely.



I would RUN AWAY from him. My brother married 14 yrs with a bipolar psycho (now divorced) - they didn't have kids because would have bipolar. She takes 8 meds and still is a psycho. Very moody and neurotic at all times. Never stable. Always cussing, irritable, never even tempered! Her MOM was biploar - see genetic!

I could stand this psycho from day one!



It is possible to have a relationship but If I were you, I would not get there.



yes




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