Posted by Lacey on April 13, 2002, at 3:40:56
Hi,
Maybe some of you can help me. I've been involved for 1.5+ years and increasingly, I'm experiencing mood swings from my partner that have gotten to the point that it is getting very hard to take. She has told me that past doctors have suggested bipolar type of diagnoses, or TMJ or the like, but she rejects being labelled, so she is unwilling to accept any of these and feels she has just physical problems. She was an alcoholic but has been sober for a few years now. I've read on the internet about these two (bi and TMJ) as well as borderline and cyclomythia (sp?) to try and understand and also to see if she indeed is suffering any of the symptoms. I think she is. She also complains about headaches, severe neck pain and tonight expressed extreme depression and got very angry at me for asking questions that were based on my concern for her. She is on Trazedone and Neurontin, but the only clarity I get is that she is irritable if she doesn't take the neurontin. I have experienced her irritability without neuorntin and it isn't pleasant. I've tried to be a supportive partner, but it seems like no matter what I do or say, I can never satisfy her or make her happy. It has gotten to the point where she is angry with me most of the time for the smallest things. This morning I was a hero and she loved me beyond compare. Tonight I was a villian. It was as if I was talking with a completely different person.I am at my wits end as to how to deal with this. I don't want to leave the relationship because I love her, but I can't go on like this. Any help or insight would be highly appreciated.
thanks for listening
poster:Lacey
thread:22001
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