Does Bipolar Depression play a major role in a relationship if one of the parties suffers from this condition?

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For sure! It’s hard. Being the one diagnosed and trying to explain t to your SO is hard. When you have an episode it affects everyone around you

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It most definitely does. It can affect literally every aspect of any relationship. My father is bipolar, bless his heart, and it's so hard sometimes. He raised me and now lives with me. I'm 25 years old and still not able to predict his actions on a given day. One day he can be happy and having a great day, stub his toe, say dang it and keep having a great day. The next day he can be happy and having a great day, bump the couch, and go into a cussing/yelling fit. He may throw things or break things. He's even stomped a chair to pieces before simply because he walked into it. Bipolar people have such erratic behavior there's no way it doesn't affect any type of relationship they have.

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I am bipolar and my so schizophrenia so ya  but as long as you understand  the mental illness and keep taken you meds and see you Dr like they are supposed y'all! Will be fine just realized it hard and some time they will say thing they do not mean so good luck but me and my man take care of each other but his is worse then mine and some time they might have to be put in the hospital for treatment

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I don’t mean this in a demeaning or bad way but how could it not?

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Thank you everyone for your input, I just wish there was some way of me understanding this medical condition and how it effects my partner. He tries to play it cool but I know for him it’s hard. There’s times when he completely isolates himself from everyone and there are times when he doesn’t. I notice it more when we argue, I try to be able to solve our problems right then and there but he just cuts me off and doesn’t want to continue the conversation. It’s just overall difficult for me to understand his behaviors sometimes.

Does Bipolar Depression play a major role in a relationship if one of the parties suffers from this condition?

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