Archive for ‘Reader Question’

  • Reader Question: Looking Through Patient Eyes
    I had recently received some emails from readers asking what it’s like to be on the other side of bipolar disorder, as a supporter and how I seem to make it “look easy” as far as how my wife and I manage some of our challenges.  An earlier post concerning abandonment anxiety seemed to spark an interest in several people as I have received a number...
    by Rich Wallace at October 23rd, 2009 at 03:10 pm
  • Reader Question: Why Do Bipolar People Turn on Their Spouses?
    I awoke to some new emails today and one in particular caught my eye… My wife was diagnosed as bipolar earlier this year and I don’t know what to do when she seems to turn on me and wants nothing to do with me.  Why does she do that? Well, the first observation that comes to mind is that since this is a fairly new diagnosis, the reader either hasn’t...
    by Rich Wallace at October 17th, 2009 at 08:10 am