Worried brother has bipolar
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:04 pm
Hi,
I am not sure that a forum is the best place to talk about this as it's not my life i am talking about but i don't know where else to go. I am really worried about my brother who is older than me and sufferers with depression on and off. I am worried it's bipolar.
He has a really stressful job and a difficult relationship with his partner who has a daughter from a previous relationship. When everything is going ok he is fine, sometimes euphoric and it seems like nothing can get him down but then like a bolt out the blue he is at rock bottom again. He doesn't speak, can't sleep and seems to have no control over his emotions (for example he smashed up a bus stop for what seems like no reason).
While his life is so turbulent i can't see him improving but he loves his job and girlfriend and so continues to ride this wave of depression.
He has been on anti-depressants and sleeping pills on and off for the last 18 months and see's a counselor through work and through the NHS periodically.
He used to be happy and carefree all the time but now he is down more than up and i worry what will come next.
Can anyone help me?
I am not sure that a forum is the best place to talk about this as it's not my life i am talking about but i don't know where else to go. I am really worried about my brother who is older than me and sufferers with depression on and off. I am worried it's bipolar.
He has a really stressful job and a difficult relationship with his partner who has a daughter from a previous relationship. When everything is going ok he is fine, sometimes euphoric and it seems like nothing can get him down but then like a bolt out the blue he is at rock bottom again. He doesn't speak, can't sleep and seems to have no control over his emotions (for example he smashed up a bus stop for what seems like no reason).
While his life is so turbulent i can't see him improving but he loves his job and girlfriend and so continues to ride this wave of depression.
He has been on anti-depressants and sleeping pills on and off for the last 18 months and see's a counselor through work and through the NHS periodically.
He used to be happy and carefree all the time but now he is down more than up and i worry what will come next.
Can anyone help me?