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When both partners have bipolar disorder and episode cycles overlap

My wife has bipolar disorder and I've been her primary support through episodes for three years, but lately I'm realizing I might be bipolar too and we're both scared of what happens when we're both unstable at the same time. We had our first overlapping episode last month and it was terrifying — neither of us could be the anchor.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people with mood instability are discovering that their established support dynamic breaks down when both need support simultaneously.

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