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When psychiatric medications help mental health but burden relationship dynamics

My wife's new antipsychotic makes her sleep 12 hours a day and I'm doing everything around the house while trying not to resent that the medication that's helping her mind is making our daily life so much harder.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Medication benefits for one partner create practical and emotional challenges for the relationship that both people need to navigate together.

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