Supporting Your Bipolar Spouse

Remembering the days of fun and love with your spouse is a great solution to a tough time with a bipolar spouse. Holding on to those memories will help you to keep loving your partner when they are out of control and you can't believe the things they are saying and doing at the time. Just remember it is their illness doing the talking, not them.

An effort to educate yourself to exactly what bipolar is will give you better understanding and ability to live with a bipolar spouse. Learning that there is no cure can be painful yet helpful to face the truth and to deal with what you are up against.
Living with a bipolar spouse requires an open and honest relationship by both of you. By the spouse admitting the illness and you supporting the spouse, life can be easier to deal with situations as they occur. Have boundaries and limitations that your both must stick to. Know that it is a team effort to get through the struggling times.

It is important to keep the bipolar spouse's environment a safe place. They need to know you are there for them. Remember you are having pain together. Support the spouse at visits to doctors or concealers. Keep an awareness of the medication routine. It is okay to cry and feel you are the one that is responsible to keep things together. Feeling that you are forgotten in all the struggles is a normal feeling. People feel you are to be the strong one in the relationship and to keep things running smooth in the household. Let your feelings out to someone that can help you cope while keeping your love for your spouse up front in your mind.