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Hi New Day
I've been with a person who has bipolar since 2000. I know that bipolars tend towards substance abuse, but that its not a necessary deal. It sounds like your husband might have a substance abuse issue as well as bipolar. He'll have to look into that as well as his bipolar. Which is going to be difficult. I have watched my partner go thru much grief with her bipolar, and I'm a recovering addict/alkie. I can't even imagine what it'd be like to have to deal with both.
A word of advice from the addict side..... maybe he should see a doc before withdrawing from pain meds.
Back to bipolar... what I have to do is accept that her issues are hers, not mine. I cannot control or regulate her bipolar. At the very most, all I can do is remind her to take her meds. And accept her.
Re therapy........ you both could benefit from it! I've discussed me dealing with her bipolar with my therapist many times.
Is your husband on medication for bipolar?
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The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
---------Terry Pratchett
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