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What's at the root of bipolar "boredom"?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 448155" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Okay so I'm not alone and it's not my imagination. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> That is nice to know.</p><p></p><p>With regard to the psychiatrist and the diagnosis and all that, Seriously, I think it's not addressed head-on because the psychiatrist probably hasn't observed husband directly or had husband complain about these symptoms, it's just a beef coming from a stressed-out spouse when husband isn't around. I don't think it would be ethical for him to say to husband, "So your wife tells me that you are doing X or struggling with Y." See what I mean?</p><p></p><p>husband doesn't like the idea that ANYTHING could be wrong with him and can get VERY defensive about it, but because of the seizures needing control and because of how his temper has improved on Paxil (finally went on it after we came close to calling the marriage quits), he admits that he needed some fine tuning. We know he struggles with depression and it's really only been in the past year or so that he can actually recognize it in himself and talk about it a little. He'll say something to the effect of feeling depressed again and then goes upstairs to play Angry Birds and watch TV. When he's in this state, he is very negative and very closed off to ANYTHING I might suggest -- it would be received as criticism or attack, no matter how gently I word it. It has to come from someone else.</p><p></p><p>I think his mom suffers from the same issues and that would explain her gambling problem. She gets SO bored SO easily. I posted a few times about her declaration that the only time she truly feels alive is in a casino. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>And like her son, mother in law has very poor personal insight.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully after he goes back to work on Monday, things will improve a bit and I'll be able to broach the subject without having him shut down. And I think I'll bring it up again with psychiatrist when I take the boys back next month for their appointment. I just feel that he is wasting his life with all this mind-numbing behavior and missing out on his family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 448155, member: 3444"] Okay so I'm not alone and it's not my imagination. :) That is nice to know. With regard to the psychiatrist and the diagnosis and all that, Seriously, I think it's not addressed head-on because the psychiatrist probably hasn't observed husband directly or had husband complain about these symptoms, it's just a beef coming from a stressed-out spouse when husband isn't around. I don't think it would be ethical for him to say to husband, "So your wife tells me that you are doing X or struggling with Y." See what I mean? husband doesn't like the idea that ANYTHING could be wrong with him and can get VERY defensive about it, but because of the seizures needing control and because of how his temper has improved on Paxil (finally went on it after we came close to calling the marriage quits), he admits that he needed some fine tuning. We know he struggles with depression and it's really only been in the past year or so that he can actually recognize it in himself and talk about it a little. He'll say something to the effect of feeling depressed again and then goes upstairs to play Angry Birds and watch TV. When he's in this state, he is very negative and very closed off to ANYTHING I might suggest -- it would be received as criticism or attack, no matter how gently I word it. It has to come from someone else. I think his mom suffers from the same issues and that would explain her gambling problem. She gets SO bored SO easily. I posted a few times about her declaration that the only time she truly feels alive is in a casino. :rolleye: And like her son, mother in law has very poor personal insight. Hopefully after he goes back to work on Monday, things will improve a bit and I'll be able to broach the subject without having him shut down. And I think I'll bring it up again with psychiatrist when I take the boys back next month for their appointment. I just feel that he is wasting his life with all this mind-numbing behavior and missing out on his family. [/QUOTE]
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