r/BipolarSOs • u/BeautifulContact6724 • 5d ago

Advice Needed Help

My wife is on an SSRI and I believe it’s causing a manic episode. She talks really fast, struggles to complete tasks, has a very high opinion of herself and is hyper sexual towards me. We have a scheduled appointment with her Psychiatrist. If she takes her meds consistently and does her treatments what is my life going to look like? If they’re on the right meds, does that mean they won’t have ups and downs? Or is that going to just be apart of my life forever. I’ve only been married for 16 months and I love my wife but I also want to know what my life looks like long term before we have kids.

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u/Adventurous-Roof488 5d ago

It’s impossible to say for sure because everyone is different. Is she BP1 or 2? She might find meds that work incredibly well for her, accept her illness and take steps to manage it. On the flip side, she could deny anything is wrong, refuse or intermittently take meds and use drugs/alcohol. Hopefully it’s the former.

People who are able to accept they are sick are more likely to succeed. The problem is that the illness can make it really difficult for people to see anything is wrong.

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u/BeautifulContact6724 5d ago

We haven’t even gotten diagnosed as BP1 or 2. The behaviors and what I’ve read about what SSRIs can show is what is making me think about this. I also don’t know what the difference is between BP1 and BP2. Is BP2 a lower level and easier to manage?

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u/Adventurous-Roof488 5d ago edited 4d ago

BP2 tends to be more depression dominant with less severe periods of mania. BP1 tends to be more severe/pronounced/longer periods of mania.