Is this bipolar disorder, how long does it take to get diagnosed?

[Sunflower_89]

Hi all, my husband started addicting very odd a year ago after taking the antidepressant Zoloft. All of a sudden from the kind and loving men he turned verbally abusive. He almost stopped sleeping at night and he nearly died from alkohol intoxication. No reasoning with him helped as he thought I was making funof him for some reason, his pupils were quite dialated. He divorced me, so "we can have a better relationship" even though I tryedtto convince him not to... I managed to make him goto the psychiatrist 4 months ago and he prescribed Depakin. After a month he got better and apologized for his behaviour but then he had to switched to Hedonin and he got back to his previous state. The psychiatrist told me that he gets "polarized". He has increased the dosage of Hedonin and I am waiting to see what the results would be. I was wondering whether he has bipolar disorder? How long does it take for an official diagnosis to be made? My spouce currently thinks that he just has a problem with his nerves because my mother is casting spells on him(this is not a joke, I am pretty concerned about his mental state). So, what do you think? Is he perhaps bipolar. What does it mean when someone gets " polarazied" and how long does it take to receive a diagnosis?