Navigating any partnership — be it dating or wedding — could be a tricky undertaking. Add manic depression with its roller-coaster ride of thoughts to the mix, and relationships become a lot more challenging.

When Jim McNulty, 58, of Burrillville, Rhode Island, got hitched within the 1970s, everything seemed fine in the beginning. “It ended up being a courtship that is absolutely normal” that that he recalls. “We got along well. “

Then swift changes in moods started. During their “up” or hypomanic states, he’d invest huge amounts of income that that he didn’t have.

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