I think my husband has some mental health issues and I don’t know how to classify them because I’m not a doctor and I’m not sure the best way to manage them and support him without loosing my own mind. He is on a few meds that a psychiatrist prescribed to him, Zoloft and aripiprazole are two of them. The psychiatrist doesn’t spend a lot of time talking too him just prescribed. 

My husband is very obsessive compulsive and has strange rituals (like knocking three times on a door before passing, just a silly example of something small) but will get very upset if a ritual is broken. Before the meds he was always loosing his mind, was arrested and spent some time in hospital on a 72 hour watch. The last incident where I threatened to leave was a road range where a guy cut him off and when we got to a red light he dragged the guy out of his car dumped his large drink on his head and started punching him in the middle of the intersection. My 3 year old saw and was terrified. He has also lost jobs over violent behaviour. 

Now that he is on the meds he’s fine, gone from extreme rage and hyperactivity to just hyperactivity, singing the same long lyrics over and over again loudly sometimes for 2 hours straight and just driving me insane and getting our 4 year old all spun out of control. He literally bounces off the walls - happy and not raging out - but it’s till jarring and concerning. He told the physician he is fine and feels great and he actually hasn’t had a formal diagnosis. 

I’m feeling like a very exhausted single mom with a 4 year old a out of control man baby. He was mentally emotionally and physically abused as a child and although he’s never been physical with us he makes very questionable parenting decisions that worries me. Does anyone have any thoughts or insight into what might be happening with him?