Her Boyfriend Landed In The Psychiatric Hospital Twice This Month, So Her Family Wants Her To Leave Him

What would you do if the person you're dating landed in the psychiatric hospital twice in one month? Would you stick with them, or would you consider a breakup?

This 24-year-old girl has a 23-year-old boyfriend, and more than a week ago, her boyfriend traveled to Chicago for work. While he was there, he suffered from what everyone is saying was a manic episode, and it hit him from out of nowhere.

"He basically roamed the streets all night, discarding his phone and wallet, [destroying] his laptop, and [spending] large amounts of money feeding the homeless," she explained.

"Because he didn’t have his phone on him, he was missing for over 24 hours and considered 'endangered.' He was located on Sunday at a hospital under a 72-hour 5150 hold, but we weren’t given consent (by him) to know which one until Wednesday."

"I went to visit him that day and the next with his dad, and he is definitely not himself. He thinks the journey was necessary, and he doesn’t understand why he is in there. He also constantly says he is 'helping people.'"

While her boyfriend was in the psychiatric hospital, he was nothing but loving and kind to her. He got the nurses to bring her snacks, he held her hand, and he kissed her.

There was nothing going on that made her think that something was wrong with him. He got released on a Friday, and her boyfriend's dad said he should go home right away.

However, her boyfriend's dad ended up going to McDonald's with her boyfriend, and her boyfriend was stating that he wanted to get food to give to homeless people.

Her boyfriend's dad ate one of the burgers, which caused her boyfriend to flip out. Her boyfriend smashed his Apple Watch and then ran off.  She called the police, and her boyfriend was placed on another 72-hour hold in the psychiatric hospital.

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"The problem is, his official diagnosis is 'Brief Psychotic Disorder,' but he hasn’t shown any improvement yet. When he called me today, he said he 'spat in his dad’s eyes,' and said it needed to be done," she added.

"That just isn’t like him…the doctor assured me he should come out of this, but he won’t go to therapy and won’t take medication since it makes him depressed. He is so sweet to me and says he loves me, but he clearly isn’t his normal self."

Her family is pushing her to break up with her boyfriend amid their own issues (namely, her parents are going through one ugly divorce).

She has seen texts her mom and uncle exchanged, bad-mouthing her boyfriend and saying whatever mental illness he has could impact their future children.

She gets where her family members are coming from, but they really do want her to leave her boyfriend without a second thought, which she doesn't have it in herself to do.

"This is the man I planned to marry. I have never had issues with him before this, and this is the first time anything like this has ever happened (even before we met)," she added.

"The doctor told me he should come out of it fully recovered and that he needs to stay away from edibles (we think that’s what brought it on) and probably go to therapy (he was also hoping my boyfriend would take meds, but he has refused so far)."

"My intention to marry him includes the promise of 'in sickness and in health,' and my boyfriend is going through probably the scariest and most difficult encounter of his life. I feel like I shouldn’t abandon him, and I don’t want to leave him, but he hasn’t shown much improvement, and it’s already been a week of this."

She's trying to decide if she should listen to her loved ones or if she should keep showing up for her boyfriend while encouraging him to get on medication to manage what's going on.

Her boyfriend's doctor has eliminated schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as a reason for her boyfriend's behavior, and is convinced he will make a full recovery.

She simply hasn't seen any signs of recovery just yet, and she's afraid to lose her boyfriend, as her intention was always to be with him forever.

I think this is one of those wait-and-see scenarios. She needs to give her boyfriend time to improve, and his sole focus right now should be on his health and getting to the bottom of what is causing him to act like this.

With that said, she should give herself a deadline to see if he will get better and take medication. And if not, it's probably better to leave.

What advice do you have for her?

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