Hi everyone. This is my first post here. I am (29F) a wife of a bipolar husband (29M). 

TLDR: my husband has had 2 manic episodes to date, now medicated but as of very recently decided he’s not actually bipolar and is thinking of quitting his meds. His mother was bipolar and committed suicide in 2015. 

In 2019 my husband has had his very first full blown manic episode. Very classic symptoms of mania, ticked every box. He recovered very quickly and we hoped nothing like this would ever happen again. 9 months later he had another manic episode, this time a lot worse. He as hyper-sexual, he was obsessing over little things, he would call everyone on his phone and repeat the same things over and over, he would go on rants on social media, he stopped sleeping and eating, he became very religious (complete opposite of usual behaviour and his upbringing), he would listen to songs on repeat, talk endlessly, at one point he admitted he felt like a lion - he imagined himself being a lion, he wanted to grow out his hair, he thought he was super strong, like he could do anything, clearly he was delusional. He was saying that Tiger Woods must actually be a tiger, no one understands. He decided he’s going to be a golfer. All of this across a span of 1 week. I cannot even believe this as I’m typing this that all of this happened within 1 week, it was progressing super fast. 

However again, entire family stepped in, we removed him from the world, took him to a safe place, whole family gathered and he managed to come out of it quite quickly. His whole family has been amazing with this, his mother had bipolar disorder and committed suicide in 2015 after multiple attempts which left a very ugly scar on everyone and they would never want this to repeat. 

Fast forward we went to see a psychiatrist who said without a shadow of a doubt he has bipolar type 1. It was hard for him to accept this but he did so well and agreed to all the medication. My understanding was that he really accepted this.  

He doesn’t have any side effects from his medication anymore, he’s been stable since he started talked them. He’s less irritated, less angry and just isn’t all over the place. 

Now, for a few days he’s been saying that he doesn’t believe he has bipolar disorder and is thinking of stopping medication. He’s been very stable for 10 months now. 

He will not stop taking his medication without my approval, he would never dare to do that. 

I guess I’m just confused as to why a man who understands that all of this past behaviour was manic and that means that it was caused by bipolar disorder now thinks that he is ‘bipolar but not really’ - his own words.