 [ Symptoms ] is manipulation and trying to control someone else is life a part of bi polar  my son is fiance is bipolar her mood swings are total caious she constantly wants to argue she misinterpruts everything and she also hears things that have not even been said the worst part is she believes it to be true my son will do anything for her she cuts up his clothing and throws him out last week she made an sos call that she was going to hang herself my son raced 20km on his bike as he was at a friends at the time to find her just fine and she threw him back out [ Disease ] i have a ba in psychology and also suffer from bipolar disorder i was a major control freak and to a much lesser degree still am your future daughter in law needs to seek help immediately she is suffering from bipolar disorder with psychosis because she is hearing things that have not been said and this is a very serious situation she is out of control and needs help to get stabilized as soon as possible and stay on the meds even after she feels better a lot of bipolar people stop taking their meds once they feel better and it is very dangerous because some meds need to be reduced slowly or a deadly rash can start or other various withdrawal symptoms she will most likely balk at the idea at her having any kind of problem or seeking help so good luck and i sincerely hope she sees that what she needs is help from a professional my epiphany came to me when i was having a fight with my former fiancé and as he is throwing me down on the gravel road and into the ditch i thought to myself this is not how normal people behave this can not be how normal people feel every day so when i went back to my parent is house i told my mother that i was ready to go get help it was like i was on the outside looking at myself doing all these things wanting to shake myself and scream stop it like an out of body experience sort of i wish you and your son well he must be prepared that even if she does get help it is hit and miss on the medications until they find the right ones for her but the road may always be bumpy