My partner only very recently started their journey toward a diagnosis. They recently got tested for ADHD (results are not in yet) and other illnesses are also on the table, such as Bipolar II or Cyclothmyia, Borderline and Asperger’s.
Around yesterday, they started wanting to isolate. I didn’t think much of it at first because they have “phases” where they just feel like being alone every now and again. But today, they openly communicated not being okay. They have racing thoughts, most of which are negative or contradicting, a reduced need for sleep, no appetite, and this intense need to isloate.
I’m bipolar myself, but my (mixed) episodes are usually so bad that I need medical intervention. They’re not at that point, and the fact that they don’t have a diagnosis yet would make that hard to achieve too. They have no medication they could take in case of emergency.
I’m currently making sure they eat something (They haven’t in about 24 hours) but I’m not sure what to do about the isolation thing. When I’m in a mixed state, what I need is people around me to make sure I won’t do anything stupid and to reassure me. I rarely get the need to islolate and when I do, it’s so bad that I want to burn every possible bridge, which, again, they’re not going to those extremes (yet). They have their own room, and I don’t know if I should let them sleep alone tonight. But on the other hand, I can’t force them to sleep in our shared bed if they don’t want to?
Help.