I need help convincing my husband...? I suffer from bipolar disorder, which was passed on from a long line of women in my family who also have the disorder. Because of this I can spot symptoms pretty quickly. Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia run in my husband's side of the family. My husband suffered depression as a kid and was in and out of pshyciatric institutions until he was 16. For as long as I have known him, my husband has not been in treatment or on meds and has been fine - until last April - when he began showing signs of a bipolar personality. In May he confessed that he had cheated on me. Then in Sep. he met a girl and told her he was not married and again told me he was leaving and a lot of other hurtful things, but in the end he stayed and after a brief hiatus we are living together again and working on things but I don't things will get much better (because we still fight all the time) until he acknowledges that he has a problem and needs treatment. I believe his unfaithfulness was in part caused by this.

Summarized question: Are relationship problems common in bipolar disorder?