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Understanding my partner's bipolar 1

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  • 28-06-2017 1:16am
    #1
    Duncan King of Scotland
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Well, that's what we think it is. Disclaimer: I am not looking for medical advice, but to hopefully learn from people's personal experiences what might have happened, what the outlook might be and what I can do to help them.

    Last week my partner went full delusional. They're currently in hospital and had to be forced the medication by injection. In a nutshell:

    Monday + Tuesday: Started mentioning "clues" they were seeing about the place

    Wednesday: Became obsessed with organising and understanding the world around them as if it were a game with exercises

    Thursday: Total disconnect from reality. You're talking sending emails into the office at 5am about how they'd "figured it out!" but the emails just make no sense. They left me 5 or 6 pages of handwritten notes saying things like "I hope the exercises will end soon, but I'm beating them at their own game!"

    On Friday we got her to a doctor, the doctor said mania. I know enough about mental health to know that mania + tiredness = delusions, and she was having some pretty hardcore delusions of reference. And by Friday they had been awake for five whole days straight.

    Sunday: Doctors forced the medication on them. They've calmed down a lot, but the delusions are still completely active, just spoken with a drawl instead. The medication was at least part antipsychotics.

    I spoke with the person today for the first time since Friday, so we're at hospital entry +4 days. They're still just as rooted in that other world. I was hoping that a lot of it was just the toll of the exhaustion on their brain (female, 30) but it suddenly feels very real.

    So here are my questions, and I know anything back will be an educated guess at best, but I'm going mad not knowing:

    1) What are the best outcomes, the worst outcomes, the regular outcomes, the likely outcomes with only the evidence above – or is it all too soon to tell?

    2) Is there any service for the family of someone in this situation that I can just talk to. I just need to talk to someone who actually understands this and can give me an honest answer. If it's bad news I want it.

    Many thanks,

    Duncan

    (really another boardsie but my partner can't give consent for people to know she's like this, and I know a bunch of boardsie IRL!)


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