My wife has been having some problems throughout most of our marriage. It took a number of years to catch on, but we grew to expect an episode 3-4 times per year that would last 2-4 days. These episodes will take place just before or after Christmas; just before or after school stops for the summer and just before or after school starts in the fall. Some times there would be one thrown in at no particular time for good measure. We expected it and could tell a day or two in advance when it was coming by her behavior. These varied in intensity, but seemed to get worse over the last couple years. We never seeked help and once they were over, they were accepted as being over (altough not forgotten) by me and our kids.
In late June she had the "mother" of episodes which has never ended since that time. At that point she cut all contact with her mother (and still has) and our youngest daughter cut contact with her (and still has) because of it and not being able to forgive her actions.
Once she got to a point I could talk to her we both agreed that she needed some help. After seeing our family doctor she saw a psychologist for anger management for 3 or 4 sessions. This seemed to make things worse and she stopped saying it was of no help. Our doctor has since put her on antidepressants and we've been waiting since August for a late January psychiatrist appointment.
This has torn our family apart. Altough she hasn't been diagnosed as bipolar she meets a lot of the criteria for it or NPD. Right now she feels there is nothing wrong with her but that the whole thing is a plot by me.Our family is concerned that if she goes to the psychiatrist he will not get the background of her condition.
Is there anything we can do to insure this happens?
In late June she had the "mother" of episodes which has never ended since that time. At that point she cut all contact with her mother (and still has) and our youngest daughter cut contact with her (and still has) because of it and not being able to forgive her actions.
Once she got to a point I could talk to her we both agreed that she needed some help. After seeing our family doctor she saw a psychologist for anger management for 3 or 4 sessions. This seemed to make things worse and she stopped saying it was of no help. Our doctor has since put her on antidepressants and we've been waiting since August for a late January psychiatrist appointment.
This has torn our family apart. Altough she hasn't been diagnosed as bipolar she meets a lot of the criteria for it or NPD. Right now she feels there is nothing wrong with her but that the whole thing is a plot by me.Our family is concerned that if she goes to the psychiatrist he will not get the background of her condition.
Is there anything we can do to insure this happens?