draconis

I think that you already made up your mind on what you are going to do which is dump your husband when you can afford it. I do have to say that although you wrote a lot it was very one sided as he did all the wrong and you are a saint. At times you controdicted yourself too. He NEVER cleans, and when he cleans he dumps it into a spare room.

Sleep and feeling drained are very similar thank god you havee never been bipolar yourself as you can see when he went off his meds how difficult it is for your husband to handle.

Bipolar disorder is not a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood, clinically referred to as mania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes or symptoms, or mixed episodes which present with features of both mania and depression. These episodes are normally separated by periods of normal mood, but in some patients, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, known as rapid cycling. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymia based on the type and severity of mood episodes experienced.

Also called bipolar affective disorder until recently, the current name is of fairly recent origin and refers to the cycling between high and low episodes; it has replaced the older term manic-depressive illness coined by Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) in the late nineteenth century.

Episodes of illness are associated with distress and disruption, and a relatively high risk of suicide.

Harmful effects of lithium
Lithium is much less teratogenic than previously thought, though it does double the likelihood of Ebstein's anomaly (a cardiac defect), occurring at 0.1% when used during the first trimester of pregnancy.

The average developmental score for the lithium-exposed group of children was 7-8 points lower than the control group (siblings), but well withing the normal range of 100±15.[9]

There have also been long term effects on the kidney, including diabetes insipidus with secondary distortion of bladder and urinary tract. Animal studies show long-term physical and behavioural effects extending beyond the first generation.

Lithium is known to be responsible for (sometimes significant) weight gain, acne with scarring, thinning of hair, and pronounced tremor, usually in the hands but extending to lips and tongue when the person is stressed, or after prolonged use


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