Posted by LibbyH on February 24, 2003, at 12:10:47
My husband was just diagnosed with Bipolar Type II dysphoric type this year. He takes Lamicatal, Lithium, Seroquel, Klonopin, and Effexor XR, all except Lithium are at the max. therapeutic level. The problem, of course, is that he can barely function at all and of course has no sex drive. He is practically impotent and when he isn't impotent, sufers from anorgasmia. He sleeps 12-14 hours every day, never gets hungry, and at times cannot manage the physical coordination to feed himself or even talk. He staggers like he is intoxicated a lot of the time. He can barely walk, but insists on driving a ridiculously fast car at high speeds. He is paranoid & grandiose, but is so flat emotionally that nothing touches him except in a bad way. The effect of all this on our marriage is that I now relate to my husband as if he was a child.
His pdoc says this is normal and he could be like this for the rest of his life. Is this really what it's like to be married to a Bipolar man? And if so, then why wasn't it always like this? It seems to have happened so suddenly!
L.
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