Not sure what to do - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

Sad 101 · 05-10-2009, 07:26 PM

Hi I am new here and newly diagnosed with BP. I have been this way along time but finally had a big breakdown and got taken to the dr asap and found out.

My Bf dosen't understand what has been happening to me I am all over the map crying rage depressed and hyper I am scared to tell him cause he is always calling ma a crazy B.
I feel like my lift is in a downward spirral and have no one to talk too.

I don't feel loved or understood and very lonely.

Glad to have found this site!!

Llama · 05-10-2009, 07:32 PM

Hello and welcome sad. This is a great site if you are looking for support for bipolar disorder. We all understand here. Maybe you could buy your boyfriend a book about bipolar so he could understand the disease better. A good book is "Bipolar for Dummies" by something Fink (I think?).

Sad 101 · 05-10-2009, 07:36 PM

Thanks Llama I will check that book out.
How have others told their loved one about their diagnosis?

Llama · 05-10-2009, 07:41 PM

Well I told my mom after a while. I didn't want her to find out right away and thought I could take care of things on my own. Well, I was wrong and needed support so I told her about it after I had been in the hospital.

That is also how my boyfriend found out about me having bipolar. I had been dating him for a few months and then I was hospitalized. I told him where I was so he could come visit me if he wanted. Well, he did visit and was ok with it. I was glad. But it's like he doesn't understand it at all now. I'm worried because we are moving in together and he is going to see more of my symptoms and will be forced to deal with learning about it then. Either that or he will probably have to break up with me. I'm worried.

Sad 101 · 05-10-2009, 07:50 PM

Well my mom knows she is the one who called the dr about me.
I have been living with my BF for 7 years now when I am down or in a rage I am always telling him he dosen't love me and he keeps telling me maybe I am manic depressive(funny how he said that) I am just worried he will keep calling me crazy cause that hurts sooo much.