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I am 25 and he is 50. I first met him when I was 7.

MonaLisa

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"The City"
My first relationship that lasted more than three months, lasted for just over two years. I could never have imagined the challenges we would face together. Major family issues, addiction, serious health problems, and my deteriorating mental state along with anorexia and cutting. And a majority of these issues all occurred in Mexico City while we lived in utter squalor in a hotel room for 6 months. I worked two jobs, learned enough spanish to get by, and chain smoked to my heart's content. My boyfriend was also a chain smoker and heavy drinker with a crippling condition that has yet to be diagnosed or properly treated.
These factors led up to his mother flying to Mexico City and pulling us both out of there and allowing us time to recover in their home in Texas, for 2 months. Then we moved to my family's house in NY, for 5 months. I spent most of the time in NY seeing a psychiatrist and losing my mind on the wrong medications.
Back to Mexico City for my best friend's wedding to a man she hardly knew. She is an alcoholic, he is schizophrenic. They got married, we lived there for about 3 weeks before I punched her in the face for being a cunt to not only me, but her husband and my boyfriend. She pulled some shit telling my parents I was suicidal, looking for drugs, and anorexic. All of which are true to a certain degree. Before I knew it, before I even had time to smoke a cigarette in the hotel room we rented after escaping a brawl, I called my parents to tell them not to worry, but bf and I were kicked out and finding a new place to stay. My dad responded with a false family emergency that put both my bf and I back on a plane to NY to recover some more. This time I was manic and psychotic.
I saw a new doctor, a psychologist. I went through tons of brain cognition exams and talk therapy. My bf and I were finally able to move back into our apartment that we had been subletting and I was a mess. Temper tantrums and incessant tears. I was not able to get a job and my bf was supporting both of us.
I finally go to a psychiatrist and have been put on increasingly more and more medication. I began to feel fantastic. Some switch was flipped. Then, before I know it, my bf is gone on a three week trip and I am slamming beers and flirting with my parent's friend via facebook. I came on very strong, straight up asking him to come to my apartment and fuck. He didn't come over that night. It wasn't until the following night that we met up at a shady bar near Penn Station. We were both nervous, he is literally twice my age.
We began having an affair, I would lie to my live-in bf in order to spend the night at his place. We have incredible sex, by far the best of my life. So, I broke up with live-in bf and explained my affair. I still love him, but it isn't "like that" anymore.
Almost 4 months into dating my new, and far older, bf, I am really fucking in love! I don't know what to say. I want to discontinue all of my medications (anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, a "medical food," and mood stabilizer) and I want to have a baby with this man. I have never been happier. I feel inspired and motivated. But I am 25 and I seriously want to have a family with him as soon as possible. If I could stop all of my drugs this minute, we would probably be trying to conceive.
How fucking crazy.
Who the hell am I?
Am I even sick at all or was I just terribly unhappy and flamboyantly dramatic.
 
"I'm taking this drug and I feel good. If I stop taking it, will I still feel good?"

"Probably not."

You sound hypomanic, which suggests the mood stabilizer you're on is ineffective and the antidepressants aren't helping. Are you on Abilify [aripiprazole] by any chance? It may cause impulsivity.

Hypomania is fun, but the decisions you've been making are irresponsible. Simply put, you're not at the center of the Universe, and the disregard you show for the people around them makes their lives worse.

You lied repeatedly to your boyfriend and carried on an affair. You don't regret this (some "love", right?). You expect this guy to want to marry you (maybe?) and raise kids, yet you obviously haven't talked to him about this, you're asking bluelight. After four months, no less. Which is a sign of a good relationship: when it's easier to communicate with anonymous jerks on the Internet than with your significant other, you know you've found the one. Specifically, you've found the one huge mistake that will let you forget all the others.

Are you sick? I can't answer. I don't know about your relationship with this guy, because you haven't described it. I'll hazard a guess that he's supporting you financially, though. Instead you described how awful and difficult and horrible your life was when you lived in Mexico City, which is sad and I'm sorry that happened to you, but it doesn't change anything right now. It sounds like you want sympathy rather than advice.

Frankly, though, I don't feel you deserve it. I think you should try being single for a while, paying your own rent, and working a steady job. Old rich guys can't excuse you from the process of developing into a functional human being.
 
I hear you.
He isn't rich. I work full time.
I actually have talked to him about these things, kids etc. and was met with enthusiasm. My ex and I are better friends than lovers and we maintain a friendship and are collaborators to this day. His new gf is very nice, and everyone (ex + gf +50yr + me) had lunch at my place recently.
I am confused though. I turn to bluelight because I find that I can be honest here and I like to hear what other people have to say.
I posted in this forum because I am dealing with a significant age gap and an intense emotional relationship.
But then I wonder, am I hypomanic? How would I know? I don't take abilify. I take lamictal, wellbutrin, latuda, and deplin. I am going to see my psychiatrist on tuesday. I can't tell if I know what is going on. I am so happy and so in love and a bit scared. I know I'm impulsive but this feels so right.
I also don't want to give you the wrong impression. I am not expecting pitty, my sob story is mine alone, I mention it because it does seem like the pendulum swinging in the opposite direction. I just don't feel manic.
 
"I'm taking this drug and I feel good. If I stop taking it, will I still feel good?"

"Probably not."

You sound hypomanic, which suggests the mood stabilizer you're on is ineffective and the antidepressants aren't helping. Are you on Abilify [aripiprazole] by any chance? It may cause impulsivity.

Hypomania is fun, but the decisions you've been making are irresponsible. Simply put, you're not at the center of the Universe, and the disregard you show for the people around them makes their lives worse.

You lied repeatedly to your boyfriend and carried on an affair. You don't regret this (some "love", right?). You expect this guy to want to marry you (maybe?) and raise kids, yet you obviously haven't talked to him about this, you're asking bluelight. After four months, no less. Which is a sign of a good relationship: when it's easier to communicate with anonymous jerks on the Internet than with your significant other, you know you've found the one. Specifically, you've found the one huge mistake that will let you forget all the others.

Are you sick? I can't answer. I don't know about your relationship with this guy, because you haven't described it. I'll hazard a guess that he's supporting you financially, though. Instead you described how awful and difficult and horrible your life was when you lived in Mexico City, which is sad and I'm sorry that happened to you, but it doesn't change anything right now. It sounds like you want sympathy rather than advice.

Frankly, though, I don't feel you deserve it. I think you should try being single for a while, paying your own rent, and working a steady job. Old rich guys can't excuse you from the process of developing into a functional human being.


^

I don't know how you were able to make any sense at all of what she wrote, so... I'm just going to go ahead and say that your assessment of the situation is probably accurate.
 
Can a loving relationship be toxic enough to turn your life upside down if it is expressed through the wrong channel?
As in, could my dramatic side and depressive side been exacerbated due to lack of intimacy, and result in a diagnosis that is perhaps misleading?
How can you know for sure.
 
Sounds like a rebound relationship postdrama. How bad was your addiction during the last relationship? Lamictal did nothing useful for my wife
 
I am sure that if you stop taking those drugs you will probably experience both withdrawal effects and a resurgence of a condition similar to bipolar disorder. It sounds like you visited a good psychiatrist and he gave you stuff that worked.

I do not, however, suggest marrying someone after four months, regardless of how you met.

I am also certainly considering as a possibility, however, that bupropion, also known as Wellbutrin, which you are taking, contributes to impulsive and emotionally-charged behavior:

http://www.depressionforums.org/forums/topic/17133-impulsive-feelings/

You should of course be aware of this. It is up to you whether to ask your doctor to change the dosage. Their advice will probably be better than mine.
 
What did your psychiatrist diagnose?

I think you need to find some mental stability and life stability before you have any children. Learn to live for a while without making any grossly irresponsible, juvenile decisions. Stop being a passenger in your train wreck life.
 
Ah, yeah, that was unclear. I was not the one suffering from addiction.
And yes. "Rebound relationship postdrama" has crossed my mind, we discussed it, nearly broke up, took a tiny hiatus, and then returned with a vengeance. I feel like I keep falling in love over and over, and every time it is just sinking in deeper.
Despite having really great doctors, I feel like after being diagnosed with bi-polar disorder I have a harder time trusting myself. So many events are forced into categories of manic or depressive.

Good point about wellbutrin, I will bring it up with her. I am a generally pretty impulsive so I wasn't considering it a side effect prior.

I am diagnosed with bi-polar 1, adhd, severe gad. I am totally gad and adhd, I am not trying to shy away from anything but I just never felt that bi-polar.
My life isn't too bad, wouldn't call it a train wreck. But would love stability, you are right about that.
 
up down, up down, up down

i feel shit then i was horny and now i feel amazing... sounds like another wave of up

i would suggest something if i knew the answer but jesus what a story you have to tell. i was hooked. but answers? i really dont know what to say because its hard to guage if you are just happy at getting away from your boyfriend or you are experiencing hypomania of some degree. who knows? thats why you need a psychiatrist for a bipolar diagnosis, not a doctor, and not bluelight. we can help but we are not with you to see how you are because you write coherently and clearly but when you speak it might sound very different in person.

please dont have a baby until you have had a year without any severe upswing moods or any big downswings. as a recovered and symptom free bipolar dude who was up and down from early teens to mid early 20's all i can say is that it is possible to get out of the cycles but you need to remove whatever the triggers were. caffeine and tobacco will NOT help. ignore that if you must but i'm speaking from experience. B vitamin complex helped with my insomnia and anxiety and when i could sleep properly i just stopped getting those crazy highs. but seriously avoid caffeine and tobacco and eat more omega 3.

xx
 
Almost 4 months into dating my new, and far older, bf, I am really fucking in love! I don't know what to say. I want to discontinue all of my medications (anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, a "medical food," and mood stabilizer) and I want to have a baby with this man. I have never been happier. I feel inspired and motivated. But I am 25 and I seriously want to have a family with him as soon as possible. If I could stop all of my drugs this minute, we would probably be trying to conceive.
How fucking crazy.
Who the hell am I?
Am I even sick at all or was I just terribly unhappy and flamboyantly dramatic.

I can relate to the impulsive/manic behaviour, and the sudden love for a much older man. (he was also a friend of my parents)

Don't stop your drugs, and for God's sake, don't have a baby. Perhaps what you love about him is the security he might represent?
 
Agreed with everyone - please do not have a baby with a man you've known for 4 months. It does sound like you might be hypomanic and I really urge you to speak to your doctor rather than strangers on internet...we can't give you any kind of diagnosis. Tbph, simply the fact that you made such a rash and impulsive decision in cheating on your boyfriend and leaving him for a man twice your age suggests that you are not in the right state of mind to have a child right now. I really hope you can get your meds etc. sorted out and that things will work out, but in the meantime please just work on yourself before acquiring responsibility for others. <3
 
Can a loving relationship be toxic enough to turn your life upside down if it is expressed through the wrong channel?
As in, could my dramatic side and depressive side been exacerbated due to lack of intimacy, and result in a diagnosis that is perhaps misleading?
How can you know for sure.

No I think before you were doing a whole bunch of crazy stuff and feeling awful about it. Now I think you are doing the same crazy things and feeling good about it. Getting you back to feeling good about life again is probably just step one in the psychiatrists plan for you.

I wonder how you feel now about having punched your best friend in the face, at her own home where you were a guest. On what seems pretty much to have been her honeymoon.

What is your parents view on the new love of your life/seedy old man taking advantage of you?
 
I'd definitely see your psyche about dropping the SSRI, that or upping the dose of the "mood stabilizer", I have BP myself and if I take any dose of an SSRI I'm off into the skies, ruining my own life, leaving everything that means anything, gaining a poly-drug addiction whilst enduring complete psychotic delusions.
Watch your own emotions.
 
Sprout there makes a good point if indeed you are taking SSRI's. They are known to exacerbate bipolar mania symptoms. Before you make any plans to stop using your meds, please talk to your psychiatrist so they can document your adjustment. Then you can go from there. What's the big hurry to have a baby now anyway? Nobody can talk you out of this, but I think right now it's a bad idea.
 
How did u meet thiz person when u were 7. Also, just so u know, your out of your damn mind, so dont do anything too hasty!
 
The reason why you feel good is because the medications are working. It's a brain chemical imbalance that you have... the medications are helping to balance you. This man seems like great emotional support. The two in COMBINATION are working well for you. Going off your meds will change everything.
 
psych meds are the biggest scam known to man. first, living in contemporary society people should feel f-ed up. second, the drugs don't really do anything. its a placebo effect.
 
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