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re: Has anyone here dealt with the onset of mental illness with their spouse?
Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:38 am to Nelson Biederman IV
Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:38 am to Nelson Biederman IV
quote:Monthly
Has anyone here dealt with the onset of mental illness with their spouse?
Otherwise known as "Aunt Rosie's visit":
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Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:56 am to soccerfüt
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Monthly
Otherwise known as "Aunt Rosie's visit":
Women don't seem to believe this. I can tell when my wife is about to start. It will be one week of affection, a week of mega bitch, then 2 weeks of normal. It's a nice mix, keeps me on my toes.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 11:09 am to Kmit58
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My wife is 65 and has been diagnosed with subcortial dementia. She is adopted so we have no idea of her family background. She is aware of the diagnosis. She's lost almost all independence and cries a lot. She's still safe around the house but I can't take her somewhere and then leave her alone. We have put all of our legal affairs in order. We've been married 40 years and of course we're still together. This is just part of the deal .... in sickness and in health. Two days ago she had a full hip replacement and I'm sitting in a hospital room now at 2 am in the morning making sure she doesn't try to get out of bed. It's hard.
Went through this with my mom. I would advise getting with an estate planner that will help you get her on Medicaid for the time she gets ready to go to a nursing home. Do it now Nursing home care is going to be 5-6K a month and will drain your finances quickly unless you are a multi-millonaire.
This post was edited on 1/5/24 at 11:11 am
Posted on 1/5/24 at 11:39 am to Nelson Biederman IV
How old is she? Might just need some harmony pellets and 90mg's of instant release adderal per day. Seems to be the go to cocktail these days as women age.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 11:56 am to redstick13
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I honestly feel lucky that I made it out of the marriage alive.
Really gave that whole "in sickness and in health" part it's due consideration, huh?
Posted on 1/5/24 at 12:55 pm to Jcorye1
Youve done nothing wrong? Cheating, drinking, drugs, etc. If not get her help. If so leave her and she may just be fine. Get her help no matter what
Posted on 1/5/24 at 12:57 pm to Nelson Biederman IV
Yes. Clinical depression and bi-polar. Get out while you can.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:13 pm to real turf fan
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worry about my husbands short term memory. Maybe he just didn't think it was worth remembering why he went into the kitchen. etc. Both his parents had dementia which was both a downer and a possible predictor.
I’m 37 and in a high stress long hours job, constantly talking and taking information in all day, planning and overseeing, inspecting, usually 12 hours a day. I get blamed for the same thing, but at some point our brains are just fricking overloaded. I don’t know what your husband does, but my wife and I came to an agreement, she writes the important stuff on the calendar on the fridge and we talk about important stuff over the weekend.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:51 pm to Hussss
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Borderline Personality disorder.
The threads on this scare the shite out of me legitimately.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 7:03 am to Nelson Biederman IV
I remember reading this thread when it came out, I was unfortunately right in the middle of relationship whereas I realized something was off.
This thread helped me realize what was what.
BPD is absolutely a real thing.
I’m split now with mine.
I hate it. I realized I couldnt change her and thin gs were getting worse and worse.
First year and a half of dating she hid it all.
Got married didn’t take long for the real her to appear.
She was violet, moody, couldn’t have a conversation about issues bc it would turn into world war 3 in less than 4-5 mins.
Sad bc when she’s happy things were great. I don’t understand people who play the victim role in their lives,,,,, it’s always someone else’s fault for every trial.
I’m 45, and I’m moving on again for the second time.
This thread helped me understand things i didnt know about by other people sharing their stories.
It’s scary how similar many these stories are.
Thanks.
This thread helped me realize what was what.
BPD is absolutely a real thing.
I’m split now with mine.
I hate it. I realized I couldnt change her and thin gs were getting worse and worse.
First year and a half of dating she hid it all.
Got married didn’t take long for the real her to appear.
She was violet, moody, couldn’t have a conversation about issues bc it would turn into world war 3 in less than 4-5 mins.
Sad bc when she’s happy things were great. I don’t understand people who play the victim role in their lives,,,,, it’s always someone else’s fault for every trial.
I’m 45, and I’m moving on again for the second time.
This thread helped me understand things i didnt know about by other people sharing their stories.
It’s scary how similar many these stories are.
Thanks.
This post was edited on 2/24/24 at 7:04 am
Posted on 2/24/24 at 7:35 am to Hussss
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I realized after leaving my wife of 17 years she is not only a covert (vulnerable) narcissist
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Posted on 2/24/24 at 7:40 am to Nelson Biederman IV
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I feel like posting on the OT is good for me, in that I get to interact with a very unintelligent and lower class segment of society. It makes me more rounded.
This post was edited on 2/24/24 at 7:41 am
Posted on 2/24/24 at 7:46 am to Nelson Biederman IV
I dated and lived with a diagnosed bipolar girl for several years.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Both true in every sense.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Both true in every sense.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:24 am to Hussss
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Borderline Personality disorder.
Worst thing ever to deal with in a relationship. It took me a long time to recover from it.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:26 am to Nelson Biederman IV
Exwife was a wrecking ball of anxiety and bulimia. I had known it was an issue in her past but she did what she could to hide it while we were dating and even got married. Once she got pregnant she couldn’t hide it anymore and I walked in on her binging and purging while she was 6 months pregnant. I’m not positive if it’s still an issue but it sure looks like it and I’m just waiting for the day my son figures it out and I have to explain it to him.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:26 am to Nelson Biederman IV
Lexapro for you spouse is your friend……
Posted on 2/24/24 at 9:30 am to Nelson Biederman IV
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Has anyone here dealt with the onset of mental illness with their spouse?
My wife thankfully inherited her fathers side of the family when it comes to this but my mother in law is on a different level.
I'm not saying that she walks around and hears voices and stuff but she is so self absorbed with how she feels it has literally consumed her life. When I say consumed it eventually led to a divorce and now she's living alone which means she calls the wife often. She has no sense of financial responsibility and her life and money almost all revolves around doctors visits. Holistic, regular, it doesn't matter. I've honestly never met anyone like this and I have some legitimate crazy aunts.
There is no doubt there is something mentally wrong with her. She's been to 50 plus doctors and nothing. I saw the change in her when she was around 40. For the record the mother in laws mom is also out there.
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