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I'm sorry to chime in but... given that I am bi-polar and in the current position of seeking help, I feel I ought to provide some of my own experiences.
Unfortunately, I've had the same situation happen with me on the shouting and screaming. I realize now that it was all very stupid now, or rather, I should say to me looking back, it all was very stupid.
My bf left me because of the same reason. Uncontrolled rage would go through me and I'd loose sight of all else and start screaming. To a normal person, nothing I was ranting about made any sense. But, to myself, it was all clear, understandable, and warrented. I'm not saying that it truly was but to me in the midst of my "insanity" as I call it, it was the right thing.
No, I'm not completely better yet. I'm on my 3rd pysch that I go to visit in July. Supposedly he is a great one, just very hard to get into. I'm currently am taking Lexapro to help with some of the issues of bi-polar as I was told by my former psych that this would help. It does help control some of it but not all of it.
I have a 9 yr old daughter that has been through all this and thankfully she's adjusting alot better now. She fully understands what bi-polar is and also understands that I have bad times and leaves me be.
One thing I have to add is that, even though, I know now what is wrong with me, I still feel the rage sometimes. Maybe because I'm not prescribed exactly the right kind of medication. But, I can see what's happening and be able to take a step back and stop.
I'm not sure if your wife has suicidal tenadencies or not. But, in all honesty, don't take it lightly. You can never be too sure how far gone a person is in that state. I had alot of times where I felt that it would be easier all around for me to take the "easy" way out. I still have them now but not as severely. When I do have that time, I stop and talk to my bf, who has supported me and helped me find my way back out of that little black hole.
My family has a long history of bi-polar women and all of them have been nearly the same. But, thankfully it stopped at my mother, who is medicated and sees what she has done wrong in the past years and wish she had known it when she was in her early 20's. I'm thankful that I'm only 28 and finding out before I cause my daughter to stop talking to me in the future like my mother did with her's.
Sorry to be long winded, but do research on bi-polar. There's alot of information out there now that wasn't avaible before! And, you might be able to find that she too is and get her back to being a "normal" person again.
Suzz04
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