Bipolar Loved One Hospitalized: What You Can Do

Family and friends of people with bipolar disorder often wonder what they can do to help when their loved one is hospitalized due to a major mood episode. The short answer is to do what you would normally do when a loved one is in the hospital for any illness:

Call
Visit
Send a card (include your phone [...]

Posted on June 18, 2008 Filed Under Hospitalization, Relationships | Leave a Comment

Immaculate Conception

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 not had an affair, so [...]

Posted on June 11, 2008 Filed Under Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships | 8 Comments

Bipolar Disorder: In the Heat of the Battle

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 – during these two weeks, I have [...]

Posted on June 9, 2008 Filed Under Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships | 3 Comments

Considering Relationship Dynamics

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. I’m one of those people, for example, who really needs to please others. I’ll [...]

Posted on April 20, 2008 Filed Under Marriage, Relationships | 53 Comments

Growing Up with a Parent with Mental Illness

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 my parent more and to [...]

Posted on March 2, 2008 Filed Under Children, Relationships | 5 Comments

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