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I saw your post on the net & immediately sought out this web site. I have been married to an intelligent bipolar man for 35 years. Our lives, despite our graduate educations & professional careers turned out to be classic - lost everything, hospitalizations, etc. To boot, I developed an alcohol problem to "cope." I need to help & save myself, & would like to help others in my position if I can. It is really a nightmare at times, because they just don't think logically & their grandiosity (my husband) tells them they are right & everyone else in the world is wrong. On top of it all, my husband's profession is clinical psychology - he will do nothing to work with me because he says he is the only person who knows anything. His meds (25 years on lithium) do stabilize him thank God, but they do not alter the thought frame in his case. He is also VERY manipulative & will threaten anything if he thinks it will work. I,ve had him call mefrom his speeding car & tell me that he was headed for a concrete wall at 90 miles an hour - I hung up - I have at least learned that I'm not responsible for his stuff. I was responsible for handling an IRS fiasco & 4 hospitalizations. He drove around the city naked & went to his office naked on one occasion. Would love to offer support as I said & get some myself. Hang in there & PLEASE think of yourself also. Sometimes there is little you can do. Linda
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