Question by 525: Bipolar and relationships – can they work?
Are you or your significant other Bipolar and in a relationship? I am struggling with accusing my boyfriend of cheating nonstop because I am Bipolar type 2 and am constantly flipping out on him. I am jealous all the time and paranoid.

Is anyone else like this? Is there any way to control this? Thanks.

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but I have not noticed any. How long do people go through the periods where they are feeling okay and when they are feeling bad?

I have chronic mixed moods – I have maybe 5 days a month where it isn’t so bad. Otherwise, there are many days where it hurts so much, I am suicidal. I have run out of treatment options, but maybe my psychiatrist (& 3 more at the local hospital) hasn’t tried everything . I don’t think I can get into the university hospital for help, because they are full & I have no way to get there (they are 150 miles away & I can’t drive in the city when I am crying, my husband is legally blind). My psychiatrist says to go there, but I have to try and get in by myself. Or go to NIMH (national institute of mental health, in washington DC), and she would try & get me into a program there. I dunno how to get there tho. I still gotta drive 150 miles to the airport on freeways I’m not familiar with, then get to NIMH somehow. So these options seem impossible for me. I get upset driving & haven’t flown since 9/11.

So anyway, I’m looking for other things to try. So what has worked for you?
I’ll add, I am already on lamictal and lithium, and they are doing no good (lithium has been a good antimanic agent in the past, but doesn’t help me with the mania associated with mixed moods). I have tried abilify, depakote, risperdal, tegretol, seroquel, and oh so many others. But I am hoping maybe someone has had a novel treatment or combo that has worked. I am allergic to tegretol and abilify. I have been trying very hard for 13 years since I was diagnosed.

Diffrent anti-depressents work on different parts of the synapse, and then become ineffevtive, I am bipolar, and know. Do different types of ampetamines action in a similar manner?

in any way for that and anxiety? I’m not a severe case where I’d whack somebody, I just get down and anxious and fight it all the time even with meds to be happy go lucky like I want to be. What about accupuncture? Thanks for your help!

I have bipolar disorder mixed/ rapid cycling, with psychotic -in both directions -features. It’s been worse since having kids and a husband. What can I take or do to get myself under control? I’m out of touch with my body and mind, just need to live somewhere in between high and low. I guess I’m just now realizing what it is, after a hospital stay last year for a bad reaction to a prednisone shot. I’m on lithium, celexa, trilafon (just recently started temporarily), and adderall (for adhd). My psychotic features (either direction) weren’t controlled by the lithium – is that possible? What really works?
LOL I’m obviously looking for answers from people who know something about this topic and not everybody on yahoo answers qualifies as it’s mostly teenie boppers – but apparently, there are a lot of us nuts on here!

He is on pills for bipolar. I read about it, and kinda think I might have it too but Im not for sure, anyways he is on pills for it and says he has it, I don’t notice it though other than he is quiet most of the time. Can a relationship with him work out? What should I expect?
He dosent seem “weird” or anything, or anything like what I’ve read about though.

Is this characteristic of people with bipolar? I am confused because a psychology teacher told me that people with mental illnesses such as bipolar or schizophrenia only have AUDITORY hallucinations, and the only way a person can have visual hallucinations is from drugs or alcohol, or withdrawal from these substances.
The boy I work with is 11 and has been describing hallucinations he has of ghost girls who come into his room and stare at him. He is very frustrated because when he tells his parents, they tell him that its just his imagination… but its real to HIM! COuld this be due to bipolar, and if so, how can I help him????

Hi – I was recently diagnosed as having bipolar disorder, and am currently undergoing therapy and psychiatric treatment. I realize now that many of my relationships have been damaged because of this – especially my work relationships. One coworker in particular will no longer even talk to me. I feel horrible because of this, mainly because it was so out of my control until I got help, and there’s no real way to explain that to anyone without 1) the stigma of being “mentally ill” and 2) I honestly feel like people at my work are just fed up with me anyway.

I’ve been working with my HR department, and my boss knows about my condition. But I hate coming into work now, so ashamed of how I may have behaved in the past and sad about losing friends over this. What do I do about the relationships (or lack thereof) with my coworkers?