And mos… #1 Defining the Symptom. But the bipolar person's partner will always have to do a bit more heavy lifting. It's easy enough to say that cheating itself is bad, but when it comes to putting the people who cheat on their partners, or the people they cheat with, in distinct "good" or "bad" categories, things tend to get more difficult to parse. They are more like personality changes that can last weeks or months. I'd had no prior knowledge of how to deal with it so I did my best. ._1PeZajQI0Wm8P3B45yshR{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._1PeZajQI0Wm8P3B45yshR._3axV0unm-cpsxoKWYwKh2x{fill:#ea0027} Sometimes she'll need to drive us when we're out because I'm not quite stable enough to drive myself. (r/AskReddit Top Posts | Reddit Stories) Has anything insane happened to you? And I let her have her freedom, but at what cost? And her being off her medicine, she relapsed. I think in some ways we're closer than ever, because I stuck by her even when her illness made her try to kick me out of the house. She began hiding things from me, most notably her medicine. He's so happy now that she's gone. But then, you would not want to mess with a person who could feel so much more; from anger to contempt, from miniscule to enormous. What signs do they show? Their marriage went much the same way as their dating had gone. For perspective, my GF happened to date someone with undiagnosed BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder - very different from Bipolar) and she says that he was much, much more difficult to deal with, and compared to him, my issues are hardly significant at all. Agreeing to be placed in harms way? Bipolar infidelity is a common – and tragic – consequence of mania and hypersexuality. For every "batshit crazy" unmedicated/unmanaged bipolar person there is a successful businessman or engineer who just happens to have another aspect of their health that they manage (it isn't easy, and it isn't normal, but that's not the point). I have absolutely no patience for other Bipolar individuals who don't stick to a care plan or medications. 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It was very difficult to come to terms with the fact that my gf has truly changed forever, and although her illness is under control, there's a noticeable shift in the ways we look at each other. this also sounds like Borderline Personality Disorder. That was just painful. It all was jump-started during finals week of my second to last quarter of college. Also, if they are on merdication and stop taking it, it can result in extreme episodes. Here are their stories… One thing to realize is that dating a bipolar person is inherently unfair to you - you will have to make emotional concessions for them that neither you, nor any other normal person, would need or expect, much less deserve. 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She began taking lithium but it didn't really agree with her. I'm the nurse. In: Doin it wrong, Douchebags, Humanity. In this section we will discuss infidelity causes, solutions, and some unfortunate statistics. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. She's balanced, in a good state of mind. It could lead to cat like fights to war zone. I hate it! Also inability to reasonably manage emotion. Then she cheated on him with another guy online and left him with the house debt. At first she would ask me to pick her up and take her home, and eventually came to and realized where she was and why she was there. It took a lot of coaxing to get her into a hospital, and trust me, it was the most gut wrenching experience of my life. 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