Advice needed

[Rorey]

10. She even mentioned that he'd probably be mad at her

He'd get over it when he's stabilized, I'm sure.

I was married for a few years back in college to a great guy who was later diagnosed as bipolar. We have a son together. We were both pretty young and the marriage didn't last, but of course I saw him a lot because of our son. One time I drove up to Winnipeg, where he was living at the time, to visit. When I got there, his roommate met me outside and told me something was wrong and I needed to do something. He had been in a mania phase for several days. It took me most of the day to convince him that we needed to go to a health center to get his blood checked. When we got there, I explained everything and asked that they not force him because he was at a point where he would accept help. Didn't work out that way. Two orderlies came in and got him. It wasn't good. I was furious, and also upset that he wouldn't forgive me for "tricking" him into going there. I went to see him as soon as I could after that, a few weeks later after he was stabilized. He wasn't angry with me. He understood.

We're still pretty good friends. He's a good guy. Brilliant, really. But his disorder has been difficult to manage. It makes me so sad that such an awful thing has to happen to such a good person.