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My life partner has Bipolar ii

My life partner has Bipolar ii

I unapologetically care for my husband who after a long mental health crisis has been diagnosed with Bipolar ii + more.

It is a tough gig at times but I believe we can live well in spite of his diagnosis.

I understand that not all relationships can survive a diagnosis and this is no criticism or judgement on anyone but in this thread I would love to give to and receive encouragement from others who hold the same value I have, that is that I voluntarily chose to remain in union with my husband to the exclusion of others and to ride out the bumps of his mental illness.

Dubious humour is guaranteed.

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Hi @outlander 👋

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hows are you tonight? @Former-Member

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Topic Tuesday & dog walk, now have Mr Darcy crying @outlander. How about you?

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oh dear thats alot @Former-Member Hugs
im ok for the moment, just finding some songs to download/buy.

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Hope it is mission successful @outlander. Hope you manage some sleep.

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yeah ive found lots of songs both new and old @Former-Member that im in the middle of downloading. i hope things settle down at your end and that Mr D is ok..?

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@outlander

Mr D = increasing anxiety

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Hugs @Former-Member

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@Determined thanks Bro.

@Shaz51 meant to tell you that the lack of crying (+ other responses) is called "emotional blunting".

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"emotional blunting". @Former-Member

looked it up and it looks like his antidepressants might be the cause of it as well as Bipolar 11 + MDD

49.9 percent of whom had major depressive disorder (MDD) and 50.1 percent of whom had bipolar disorder (BP), found that emotional blunting was one of the main reasons for the discontinuation of therapy. In fact, after weight gain and excessive sleepiness, emotionally blunting ranked third in the reasons to stop treatment among people with MDD.

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