 [ Symptoms ] i belive my boyfriend is bipolar or has boderline personality disorder he is abusive it was just verbal until a couple of weeks ago he slapped me we went and saw a counlsor and he confirmed how abusive he was he wanted him to come for sesssions he was beat as a child by his father he stopped smoking pot 3 months ago but has done that and alcohol all his life he takes no responsibilty for his actions he is degrading and insults me he breaks up all the time and then wants to get back togeather he\ is extremly sensitive and emotional he does not use logic to base decisions on but emotion ofcourse he can also be sweet and wonderful at this point we are breaking up and i am moving out i told him if he ever hit me again i would put him in jail so right now he is very afraid of that he won\ not work on himself he thinks it\ is all my fault how do i deal with him one minute he\ is telling me off the other night and the next minute wants to know if i love him please help [ Disease ] what your boyfriend seems to be having is bipolar disorder sometimes there are mixed episodes in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time and in some people depression and mania may rapidly alternate which is known as rapid cycling he needs to start with the treatment as early as possible treatment usually consists of the mood stabilizing drug lithium anticonvulsants antipsychotic drugs and benzodiazepines my sincere advice would be to get it evaluated from a psychiatrist it is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided for exact diagnosis you are requested to consult your doctor i sincerely hope that helps take care