Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

I don’t think my husband is taking his meds

My husband has bipolar disorder. He was on Vraylar but when he got a new job the company that they use benefits for denied his authorization for approval to get the medication. He sent in so much paperwork saying that he’s been on this particular medication for 10 years and they still denied him. So his doctor put him on something else and it makes you sleepy so you have to take it at night.

When he was without his medicine for close to a month he had a manic episode and we were arguing every other day. He started going through my iPad and argued with me about pictures that were in my email from 2010 from an ex boyfriend. I didn’t meet my husband until 2020 so idk why he would be upset about something that was 10 years before he even existed in my life. Also he’s been accusing me of cheating when I’ve never cheated on him but he has cheated on me when I was pregnant with both of our boys.

Today he got mad because he went through my cashapp and saw my cousin sent me $100 last month for my birthday and wanted to know why I didn’t tell him and give him some of the money. For context I’m a SAHM and he is a Cyber Security Engineer who makes $160k/yr. I feel like if someone gave him money for his birthday I wouldn’t ask him for it.

So because of that he pulled all of the money out of the shared account and I have to ask him for money I would need for the kids, groceries, cleaning supplies etc. The reason I don’t think he’s taking the medicine is because he’s been starting arguments and asking about shit from 6 yrs ago. I love him but I can’t take how mean he is when he’s not on his meds. Idk what to do. Honestly this is making me wish I never met or had kids with him.

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