Posted by Sandra62 on June 2, 2007, at 12:25:29
In reply to PLEASE HELP ME, posted by starfox on June 2, 2007, at 4:08:53
Laurence, I just wanted to reach out to you and let you know that I too have been through similar experiences. I have left my husband a handful of times over the past 11 years (and there was lots of acting out on my part, thrashing about, trashing the apartment, railing on him, etc.) only to regret it the moment I find myself alone. He would always take me back.
Then the last time I left (moved from Costa Rica back to Canada) he dug in his heels and said he couldn't keep doing this and thought that it would be best that we part for good. I thought we'd never get back together, that we were doomed and that I'd surely die of grief. I was starving myself, could not eat or sleep. It was excruciating. This was before I was diagnosed with Bipolar.
I managed to stumble over to see a doctor in desperation to get a renewal of my prescription of an SSRI and he was a new doctor, a wise GP, and wanted to hear my history before he wrote me a script. Listening to my story he said he suspected that I was Bipolar and that the SSRI alone was making me worse. I had no clue what Bipolar was and went home immediately afterwards and Googled it and was floored to read of the symptoms. It was me! I called my dear husband and gave him the website and he read it and was equally affected and it helped explain things for him and he agreed to have me come home to Costa Rica and that I'd get proper psychiatric treatment and we'd try again. I'm happy to say that although I still am struggling with finding the right med combo I'm doing so much better and best of all I'm with the man I love who loves me deeply and was willing to take another chance with our marriage. We've been back together for 3 years now and I pray that this is forever.
There is hope for you. Please pull out all the stops to get the help you need. Focus on getting well and your relationship will heal if it's meant to be. I promise.
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