Perhaps a support group in your area would be helpful, also I googled bipolar support forums & these a couple of sites I got:

http://www.Dbsalliance.Org/forums.Html

www.Bipolarhappens.Com

4-depression-mental-health.Com

http://www.Bipolarworld.Net/


these should give you a starting point for many of your questions. I personally think that you have done the right thing by treating him as "normal" but others would hold different views - without knowing "him" & his diagnois etc it is hard to be sure.

I doubt that he hates you (resents maybe that he got bipolar & you didn't) & I am sure that he knows you love him(he may find that hard to accept because he feels guilty for all that he puts you & his family through which may also be why he doesn't attend functions??).

If he is/does threaten to kill himself &/or others then yes there is a chance that he will do it. You & his family need to protect him & yourselves against that possibility. Talk to his wife, is he properly medicated & more importantly does he take his meds????

why didn't the rest of you get it? Why is the sky blue?? Some questions have answers some don't. That's life & luck & circumstances.

Hey kit, I can understand what your going through- however the sides are reversed- I have bipolar 2, and my family went through hell with me. There wwere times when I was sooo full of energy, and times where I just crashed, and literally could not pull myself up to go anywhere, or see anyone- not that I didn't want to , I was literally exhausted/ had extreme anxiety/ depression- and likepurple said, i'm sure he doesn't dislike any one of you, he most likely loves you all very much, and may feel like an oddball becasue of this disorder, and all the emotions that come along with having this. At times I love being bipolar becasue I can get sooo many things done in sooo little time, and then once you have burnt yourself out from all the energy you inevitably crash..And the mor the cycle continues the worst and worst you crash...If he has threatened to kill himself, yes I wouldn't take it lightly at all, he very well could...And if he has threatened to hurt/ harm family members he might actually do that as well..Not that he actually wants to, but it is always a possibility as with anyone who threatens these types of things. All you can do is let him know you love him and are here for him, and want to know what is goind on with him and his life, is he on meds? Is he seeing a counselor? These are questions you should ask him...You should find out the warning signs of mania/ depression in bipolars...This could help you better understand what he is going through. When i'm depressed, I refuse phone calls, I have quit jobs, I taken of from college, becasue it can be that debilitating, but with the persistence of my family, and friends I did get back on the right track and get on medicince and got my life on track...So be persistant, and just be there for him thats all you can do. There is a sight that you can visit it is bipolar.About.Com- it is really good and gives adviec to people who suffer from bipolar/ the family members who put up with our a$$es...Good luck!!!

None of us has a magic time machine ... All we have is the present ... We don 't even have the future ... So ... At least ... You can give it this much focus ... If you look back ... You are choosing to be ... Unhealthy ... Remember your bible stories ... That 's how people turn into salt !!!

What?

??? Heck if I know...She went a little bible happy on all of us

For real. I don't even think there was a logical thought in there.

Lolli needs more help than anyone-not a good source of advice.