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Onit · 10-06-2009, 10:27 PM

Hi all...my husband has been diagnosed as having depression and bipolar disorder 2. I wanted to get some idea of when others have their crashes because I have charted his and voiced this to his psychiatrist and our doctor to see if some sort of controls may be required.

His major periods of depression occur in February, May, September and December.

His manic phase occurs in April and we've not yet experienced any at any other times.

These phases are definitely seasonal (southern hemisphere seasonal) for him.

Any ideas on how to cope with it from a spouse's perspective going forward, and also for him?

10-06-2009, 10:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Onit Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 3	Bipolar - Manic and depression phases - when do yours occur? Hi all...my husband has been diagnosed as having depression and bipolar disorder 2. I wanted to get some idea of when others have their crashes because I have charted his and voiced this to his psychiatrist and our doctor to see if some sort of controls may be required. His major periods of depression occur in February, May, September and December. His manic phase occurs in April and we've not yet experienced any at any other times. These phases are definitely seasonal (southern hemisphere seasonal) for him. Any ideas on how to cope with it from a spouse's perspective going forward, and also for him?