Let me start off by saying I am bipolar and never thought I’d be writing this about my husband. Neither of us had any clue he could have bipolar, so when he started antidepressants after our son was born, it never made me second guess. Lo and behold, he’s been flung right into mania and I’m extremely worried. When do I know it’s time to go to the hospital? AFAIK, he’s not a danger to himself or others, but he’s definitely in danger of losing his job and it cannot wait until he is seen by a psychiatrist. His family doctor was prescribing the antidepressants and so we’re just waiting on a referral for a real psych. But that could take more than a week for them to even read the referral.