Hello:
This site is new to me and I am so glad I found it. Sorry I keep asking so many questions... Is there an average length of time the depressed phase lasts? He went off his medication a week ago. He also has "lycantrophy" where he thinks he changes into a wolf. Is this also typical behavior? I really do not want to lose him because when he is on his medication, he is the best man ever..loving, caring, treats me like a queen.
The average length of a depressive episode, with treatment is 3 months. Untreated a depressive episode can last 6 to 13 months. Medication seems to be the best choice to decrease the length of his episode.
Your boyfriend's belief that he is a lycanthrope may be due to psychosis that is sometimes associated with severe depression. He may also be experiencing what is called a mixed episode, where symptoms of depression and mania occur together. In either case treatment is the best option to reduce the biological and psychological damage that is occuring.
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Thank you so much for the reply. I really want him to go back on his medications, but at this point he isn't even taking my phone calls. I do not know what I can do. He lives in a different town than I, so I'm thinking of driving up there this weekend and see if he will answer the door for me. I have never seen him angry, but he is a very large intimidating man so I am kind of afraid of how he will react. My heart is breaking over him and everything he is going thru.