my husband, who is 65, just saw a psychiatrist for the first time in his life. after one hour, the diagnosis is “bipolar.” no blood work, just a lot of questions and a quiz. treatment: sleeping medication and med for bipolar, along with psychotherapy with a psychologist he is putting my husband with (he doesn’t have time to do psychotherapy). is it possible to determine in one session with no bloodwork that someone is bipolar?
i’m already pretty exhuasted after 4 years of living with this man (he’s also completely impotent, which he didn’t really inform me of before marriage). don’t know how much more i can take. i’m 17 years younger, and very energetic…but he’s a great provider and loves me to the best of his ability.
clariying:
1) it is not my husband who doesn’t have time for psychotherapy. it is the psychiatrist, who referred him to a psychotherapist.

2) i found out AFTER marriage that my husband had been impotent (completely) for many years. He did not TELL me this.

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My MD filled out my Leave of Absence form and put that I was bipolar o/d on it. Any idea what the o/d stands for? I haven’t OD’d (overdosed) so that’s not it.

My GP wrote a report on me stating that I had all three conditions at the same time. I don’t believe it’s possible to have even two of them at once. I believe Cyclothymia is a less severe form of Bipolar, and Depression when combined with hypomania is a symptom of Cyclothymia, not a disorder in itself.

In appose to having the disorder in an unwitting sense

Is there a chemical or hormonal test a doctor can give you to prove these disorders? OR do they just ask you questions about your mood swings and hand you the anti-depression/psychotics/anxiety prescription?

Has anyone out there been diagnosed with bipolar disorder or manic depression and calmed their symptoms with natural ways like exercise, healthy living, meditation, positive thinking/reading concentration? If so how and what would you suggest as an alternative to pill popping super meds for the rest of your life?

I am only living here temporarily while trying to move out and start my life. From my life experience with them, they have always hated me and treated me poorly since I was real young. My real parent doesn’t listen and won’t get involved. I don’t know what to do while I am forced to be living here. It is truly an unpleasant and unbearable living situation. Please give me any suggestions you can. I am running out of ways to deal. The reason I am living with them is because I recently moved to a new state. thank you.
I am out of college, trying to find a career with not much of any money to get my own place. I moved away from my other parent, but only because I want to start my life in this other state. i would be more specific but I am trying to protect my identity from this person spying on my online things. I have tried talking to both of them and it is like talking to a wall. I don’t have anyone to live with without having my real parent probably dis- own me. I have lived on my own.. and am working on getting out on my feet here.
oh and I haven’t made any friends here yet. It is all fairly new.

I want to be some type of doctor and I love dealing with things like Bipolar disorders, Schizophrenia, psychological problems of the mind, and how the brain works and leads up to these disorders. I know there are neurosurgeons but I might want to go more in depth and actually deal with Disorders and not EVERY aspect of the brain. I may also be interested in surgeries on the brain that have to do with these disorders etc. Please list types of doctors and careers that work in these or similar fields

I understand that you need to have experienced at least one major depressive episode, but what qualifies as a hypomanic episode?

We have been divorced for 10 years, I have no relationship with her or my 2 girls my son and I are very close