by Joe | Jun 11, 2008 | Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships
From Joe I saw my wife at the “hospital” yesterday, Tuesday. The doctor was supposed to have started her on lithium. I learned that he was unable to do so, because he needed to run a pregnancy test first. I’ve had a vasectomy, and I am 99.99999% sure that my wife has...
by Joe | Jun 9, 2008 | Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships
By Joe Over the past two weeks, I have been dealing with a bipolar disorder crisis in my family. Even though I have learned a great deal about bipolar disorder over the years – from working on the book and our blog, from past experiences, and from extensive research...
by Joe | Apr 20, 2008 | Marriage, Relationships
By Joe In a previous post, “Should I Go or Should I Stay?” I discuss the dilemma that many people face when living with someone who has bipolar disorder. Lately, I’ve been thinking about relationship dynamics and how these dynamics can trigger confrontations....
by Candida Fink, MD | Mar 2, 2008 | Children, Relationships
I grew up in a household with mental illness in a parent. The illness was never fully identified or named, yet it decimated our family life. I was enormously relieved to realize, over time, what was going on in my family when I was growing up. It helped me understand...
by Candida Fink, MD | Jan 28, 2008 | Bipolar Books, Relationships
The Sunday edition of the New York Times, January 13, 2008, carried a story entitled “Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am” by Terri Cheney, author of Manic: A Memoir, due to hit the bookstores on February 5, 2008. Terri has given us permission to include her...
by Joe | Jan 25, 2008 | Children, Marriage, Relationships
Jill Ravitz recently posted her bipolar story, which caused me to think about my own situation with my wife and our family. Back in 1999 my wife was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. Within about two years, we were discussing divorce. Bipolar disorder was tearing...
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