Update

[ctempone]

Since my last post in May things have gotten progressively worse. In September I had to involuntarily commit my girlfriend due to her taking a butcher knife to my clothes, my LCD monitor, and other personal things. During her hospital stay she was finally diagnosed as Bipolar. She was given medicine and released after about 10 days. For the first 2 weeks everything was fine. She took her medicine and went to her doctor appointments. Then she began to miss her medicine times and an appointment. Now she is completly off her medicines has not rescheduled her appointments and failed to start therapy. She has gotten increasingly aggressive again and violent.  I knew this would happen due to her history but the Social worker at her hospital guilted me into taking her back. They turned her into the victim and that I did something bad by commiting her. The biggest loser is my son he has seen neglected by her and has seen her violence and he is starting to mimic her. As of Dec 13 our lease is up and I am moving out with my son. Her family probably will not take her back and I feel bad but I can not take anymore of her violence towards me and my son. I do feel guilty that I am leaving her with very little but I have tried and feel that I got to take my sons health as my most important issue.

[3tanas]

Buddy, I feel for ya.

I'm in the initial stages of something similar with my girlfriend. She's out of the hospital about 2 weeks now and although she's still taking her meds, I am already getting the feeling from her that she feels she doesn't "need" them.

We have a new born (only 5 weeks old) and while her behavior is not at the level prior to her hospitalization I'm losing sleep scared that the aggressive and unpredictable will start again.

I wish you the best and am hoping to see an additional update saying how you've made it through this time and you're son is happy and healthy.

Good luck

[LetaB]

You sound like you've got your priorities straight. Your wife would never have been commited on your recommendation alone - that should speak volumes to anyone else, She is a victim - of sorts. I mean which of us would ever choose this condition? However, as a society we can not tolerate people who can not be held responsible for their own behavior.
  I hate to say it but I just want tp point out that this disorder is hereditary - your young son may not just be mimicing your wife but have inherited BP from her. Please don't be insullted by this observation - I have it myself. We are all over the board in severity of symptoms and the meds are improving all the time. Your wife sounds very psychotic - most of us are not.
  How violent is your wife? What kind of neglect is she perpetrating on your son? It does SOUND as if you are being harsh on her - I'm not saying that you are. If a young son would actually be better off without his mother than conditions must be terrible. How bad is it?