Q: deployed with bipolar wife
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SignalSoldier
on December 26th, 2008
New User
Hello all. I'm a soldier who's been deployed for a year now and having problems with my wife having bipolar. We have a son who was born while I was here that she is the sole caretaker of right now. She's always been upset easily but lately she's been going overboard because she has to buy a car for us and wants me to help more. I'm in Iraq and there is little I can do. I call her 3-4 times daily, tell her I love her constantly, and even go along with all of her habits on the phone (the docs think she may have slight OCD). I'm tired of being hung up on, yelled at, and told that she wants to leave me and our son and just go back to Texas. She's in Hawaii and has lots of friends there, more friends there then I have here since I got to the unit late. I'm at my whits end here, I love her but I'm tired of always playing these games. I'm so stressed I see a doc myself now. I've forgiven her of things like overdrawing the accounts for hundreds, infidelity, and the years of being yelled at and having things thrown at me but I'm tired now, so very tired. I don't want to lose her but I'm not sure I can hold on forever. If anyone has any advise please let me know. I love her but I'm in a war zone and my attitude could my soldiers safety as well as my own.
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