I was recently married back on July 26, 2007 to my husband. I suffer from Type 1 diabetes, borderline personality disorder, panic attacks and bipolar disorder,. He has depression and anxiety attacks. Even though we have been together for awhile he is still getting used to my bipolar as I am his depression. It has never went to abusive behavior as it has with these women.

My mother's previous marriage and current marriage is another story. She was married to an undiagnosed bipolar. He was abusive and a cheater. We did not know until after their marriage had ended that he was bipolar. (My half-brothers have inherited it from him. He's not my father.) Now her current husband has bipolar and is not coming home at all and supposedly is going through a thing. He's never hurt my mother but he's very violent towards others and will not go and get help. He was a different man when she married him but is completely different now. I find it interesting how different her and my relationships are even though there is someone with bipolar disorder in both relationships.

Cherise