I have been married for 14 years and we have always had an abusive relationship. The abuse was both mental and physical. I never put here in the hospital or never had the police called, mainly because the physical abuse consisted of a single slack on the face, by me. This behavior began during the three years we lived together before we were married.
<br>Four years ago, I was diagnosed(incorrectly) with indogenious depression and put on Prozac. This helped and the physical abuse stopped. The mental and verbal abuse continued until my wife left me three months ago.
<br>I went to a psychiatrist and he diagnosed me as a rapid cycling bipolar and placed me on Deplakote, paxil, and xanex for panic attacks.
<br>Now we are in counseling together and are seriously considering reconciliation. I posted this message because there are some people who can be helped with medication and counseling. No one singlw thing will do it, you must do both.