How do you know if it's not alcohol or
bipolar causing the "mood swings". My
hubby is really lovely and sociable when
sober but a few cans later and I cant do
anything right. Even my mother or
friend's phoning me sets him off into a
rage.
Im recovering from joint surgery just now
and he is suppose to take care of me. Oh
yeah in the morning it's great. In the
afternoon, slams food down in front of me
and snaps "heres your food" and then goes
to bed at 3pm.
How do I know if it's the drink or bipolar
that does this?
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caregiverofbp
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 4
Posted: 05-01-06 22:42pm
My husband suffers from both. Bp causes
the mood swings....The alcohol just major
intensifies the mood swings. The alcohol
causes them to drop into their lows. When
my husband drinks, it sets him into his
"low" for several days! I am talking,
stays in bedroom and not come out...At
all. When he is in his "highs" he is
great...Until he starts drinking, which
then literally throws him into his low the
next day. Alcohol is the worst thing for
anyone suffering from bp! And also the
worst for mixing their meds and the
alcohol together!!
Is your husband currently on meds for his
bp?
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lalanc
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 4
Posted: 05-15-06 10:18am
The same thing happened with my, now,
bipolar ex-boyfriend as of this weekend.
He was a changed person when he'd drink.
He'd go from being the fun party guy, to
obnoxious, to just plain mean and verbally
abusive. It's like, the person you know
and love just isn't there anymore and
you're talking to someone else. Horrible.
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DSmith529
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 59
Has He Been Diagnosed? Posted: 05-16-06 14:06pm
Or are you putting the cart before the
horse?
If he is bipolar, then alcohol will make
it worse. Particularly in combination
with any medications prescribed.
Might be sensible to go with the
"simplest" explanation (alcoholism) and
see where it leads. Clearly, when he is
drinking you are getting danger signals.
Heed them.
