Would like too know if someone with bipolar disorder,on meds.but has ups and downs constantly,is capable of having a meaniful relationship.This person has been in and out of relationships,just got a divorce and just broke up with me.Has had very harmful episodes that cost her 2 jobs and doesn`t seem to realize her problem.I loved her supported her emotionally but she has now said little things upset her,so it won`t work,plus I`m older than she is by 20 yrs.which we discussed before and she was fine with that.Again, is this a pattern for most bipolar people,I would like to know. Thanks

Im making a research paper that is on bipolar for the reason that i have been dating a guy that i love and he is bipolar but isnt and doesnt want to get on medication what would be different if he was on medication versus the fact that he isnt.

I am bipolar, he acts just like me. Im not sure how much more I can take…Him being the same way makes me worse and I make him worse with how i am. Do you thinkcounselingg will help resolve and help us be better aroundeach otherr?

Looking for feedback on personal experiences or stories you have heard of people in bipolar relationships. And what would you recommend to someone who was about to enter a relationship with a bipolar person? Because I’ve only heard that it is the worst.

A friend is thinking of dating someone with Bipolar Disorder. She wasn’t sure about how people with this disability acts on a day to day basis. I mean does anyone know? I’ve been around two bipolar Disorder patients and they were manic and one was depressed. Are they ever able to live a normal life? What are some of the things they may do to get on your nerves? Also does being on medicine help stabalize mood swings or is it still the same? Please explain…

i have had extreme mood swings for years and my boyfriend has had enough of my constant paranoia and crazy behaviour that he has walked away. since then i have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and while one part of me is glad that i can get treatment and get better, the other part i feel like a freak. Im worried that he will see me that way. Is it too late to salvage anything from our relationship?

This guy I met in out patient therapy is bipolar. I am bipolar too. Do you think it can work out?

hey,
anyone know of children with bipolar disorder and how it affects their relationship with parents?
or any parental influence in how children deal with their disorder?
Thanks!

I’ve been friends with this guy for a LONG time, and we have spent a lot of time dating. We really get along, better than either of us have ever gotten along with anyone else, and we really connect. He has severe bipolar disorder and is also ADD… and he takes me on the craziest roller coaster you have ever imagined. He cycles through realizing that he needs/cares about me to thinking that the only reason he wants to be around me is because of hormones. When he is on an upward climb in mood, things go great, but of course it’s the opposite when he goes down. He tells me that either he doesn’t deserve me or that I don’t have what he needs to be happy, he blames his hormones and says that he is sinning before God (even though we haven’t DONE anything! Seriously, he has kissed me on the face and hands, and that is it.), and he tells me that he’s a jerk and he can never fix himself. I care about HIM and I tell him that a person can have problems, but that doesn’t mean that I love him any less. I really do love him, and I’ve tried not to. He’ll hit his low point, and then he’ll not talk to me for a while. Then after a few days or a week, he usually bounces up again and we are ‘friends’ for a day, and then the next day he wants to hold my hand again! The interesting thing is his cycles of going up and down as far as our relationship is concerned have been getting shorter and more frequent, but because our relationship has progressed (although maybe not much when compared with other people) it hurts more and more every time. I know that I have to be patient, but I also can’t expect him to change. And although he admits that we are definitely in some sort of relationship, he will not say that we are IN A RELATIONSHIP, and he also has this crazy idea about how he won’t kiss me on the mouth because then he would be ‘mine and no one else’s.’ I don’t know… Honestly I feel I want to throw in the towel sometimes, but I don’t know if that is what I should do. I tell my best friend about it, and he told me I should stay away from him, but then when I divulged ALL the details (because this is even MORE complicated than I’m writing here), he changed his view on the situation and said that I need to talk to him and get him to talk to someone else about some things, too.
Is there any hope out there? Does anyone have a story about how they tried to date someone w/ bp for a LONG time, and it eventually worked out? Or am I just a hopeless case?
No matter what, I will always care about him, and what I really want more than pretty much anything else is just for him to be happy.

Oh, and he’s about to go away to school again, and last time he was away he had to come home after a year because his bp got so bad, so I know he’s REALLY nervous and scared about it. I think maybe that is one of the reasons why he’s acting to erratic lately with me?