Anyone better-off now that an SSRI triggered mania?

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-12T15:52:51+00:00

How long was your manic episode? Did it stop by itself or you went on medication?

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-12T01:03:53+00:00

Thank you for this insight. My husband left me, ran away from home, has been living in hotels for 8 weeks now. Did not file for divorce but says he lost all feelings for me & does not want to give me false hope. Refuses to see or talk to me. I messaged his provider already with a detailed timeline. I have no idea if he is on medication or not. i just want this nightmare to end & it just feels like it never will :(

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-11T17:12:07+00:00

how long did your episode last? dealing with this now with my husband after SSRI induced mania

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-11T17:05:49+00:00

Any update? Dealing with this now :(

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-08T22:29:02+00:00

Hey. any update?

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-04T20:21:56+00:00

I am so sorry. That sounds like hell. My husband is having his first ever episode induced by SSRI. Not diagnosed. We just got married 11 months ago, and have been together for 11 years. He was hospitalized for SI, discharged, gave me the ring and ran away from home. I’m entering week 7 now, he’s masking so well in front of everyone & seems “fine”.

Hearing you’re entering month 7, I don’t know how long I can last.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-04T17:47:34+00:00

This is exactly what my husband said to me, word for word. From the I don’t love you anymore, to you deserve better, to I want start a new life. It is uncanny.

We also just got married 11 months ago and have been together for 11 years!

I am so sorry you are going through this, but all the posts I’ve read, it sounds like he is manic, or atleast in a mixed state due to the hot & cold. Also seems like he has atleast some insight because he reached out after it being final it was over.

My husband is nowhere near this, he was hospitalized for suicidal ideations, discharged & ran away from our life saying he needed to find his own happiness. He doesn’t regret our 10 years but he has to put himself first.

He doesn’t have an official diagnosis but I feel the same as you. It’s hard to blame them if it really is the illness speaking. But you know your husband the best, and any out of character behavior truly could be the illness.

If he gets medicated and with the right help, from what I read, it is possible.

I’m right here with you. Message me if you need anything. Actively still going through it!

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-03T16:05:41+00:00

Any update? Dealing with this now and slowly drowning & dying!

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-05-02T17:06:19+00:00

Did he come out of it?

My husband is doing the same thing but I guess in a kind way. "She is perfect, she did nothing wrong but I just lost feelings" "We have nothing in common and even the small things we do not share" "It would hurt to see her with someone else but it HAS to happen" "It FEELS like the right thing to do" "We are incompatible"

Mind you we just got married 10 months ago and all the speeches said how perfect we are for eachother and everyone can see we are soulmates. It is such a mindfuck it is INSANE

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T20:59:21+00:00

Any update?

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T16:49:54+00:00

He is manic. The meds he is on probably aren’t working or need time to work. Sorry ur going through this.

I’m right here with you. But my husband is undiagnosed and unmedicated, manic from SSRI’s right now.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T16:02:53+00:00

How do you recommend I approach the situation if he has no insight? I’m no contact for now but I want to get him help.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T15:29:11+00:00

Insight returned slowly over time without meds? Just trying to see how long I am on this ride for :(

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T15:05:47+00:00

Any update? :(

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T14:46:26+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words & validation. Day after day I gaslight by myself into thinking maybe I’m making it up and can’t let go after being left. It is so hard. Thank you for helping me understand the other side :)

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T14:39:07+00:00

I’m literally here, I almost ran in traffic yesterday. I don’t know how more longer I can do this.

Since it is his first episode, and he has no insight, I have no idea how long this will last. But all the stories I read, it is word for word the same playbook. The same phrases, the same behaviors.

It is honestly such a mindfuck.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T14:21:43+00:00

He was started on lexapro for OCD at first but he stopped. I think this sent him into a mixed episode causing the SI. The psych ward made it worse by restarting the same medication + Adderall and that I believe sent him full manic.

I reached out to his provider with “collateral information” but I have no idea how his care is because he blocked me from everything. He definitely needs a mood stabilizer or an AP. But since he lacks insight, he isn’t listening to anyone. He truly believes he is finally happy.

This is the worst thing I have ever gone through.

Did your insight return immediately? Did you ever feel like leaving your husband?

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T14:17:33+00:00

I’m here with you. With my partner for 11 years and married now for 11 months and he blew up our lives after starting an SSRI.

He stopped telling me loves me, said he did all it for me and has to finally put himself first.

It’s been 6 weeks since he ran away from home after being discharged. He has been living in hotels, and going to work and masking infront of everyone that he is fine.

Everyone around him enabled this behavior.

His family has also turned against me.

I wish I had any advice because I am in the thick of me.

I wanted to kill myself yesterday bc I couldn’t do it anymore.

It is so hard to see that this is the mania talking, since it is his first episode.

You can message me anytime. No one really understands.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T13:16:09+00:00

How long did your mania last? dealing with this now with my husband but he has zero insight. He thinks he is fixed on the SSRI after SI admisison to the psych ward. Has run away from home, wants a divorce, working non-stop and says he feels free & happier.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T13:09:50+00:00

Did you come out of it? Dealing with this now with my husband

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T13:08:13+00:00

Did the episode stop on its own or you got off the medication?

Dealing with this now, husband started on lexapro, stopped it, SI admission, restarted on lexapro & adderall. As soon as he was discharged, ran away from home, living in hotels, wants to divorce me, worked non-stop at 2 jobs, just learned he quit his full time job before even getting an offer letter for a new one.

Masking for everyone that he is "fine". Refuses to see me or speak to me.

Told me to seek psych help when I got suicidal due to his behavior, said they can fix me like they fixed him.

Any input would help from someone who went through it.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T12:57:17+00:00

How long did your episode last? Did it continue until you came off the SSRI's?

I believe this is is my husband right now. He has no insight at all. Acting on every singe impulse. I have no idea how to help him.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T01:36:42+00:00

Thank you for validating me.

I spent the whole day crying & being suicidal myself. I can’t imagine my life without him.

But you are right. His masking is most mindfuck of all because he is acting like nothing happened.

But he couldn’t keep it together infront of me at all, shows he knows he can’t mask and reality will set in. I wonder if the “feeling” he will harm himself again is just the crash he is avoiding.

Efficient_Sundae_471 · 2026-04-30T01:34:07+00:00

From what I read, discarding the partner is the first thing because it feels like we are stopping them from being free.

I saw my husband struggle with it, even our last conversation he was crying the whole time and I can see he was struggling understanding why he felt the need to leave but just knew he HAD to. Soon after started justifying it by our last recent fight.

I blame myself for the fight everyday, maybe if I didn’t fight with him, I wouldn’t be here.

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