The downside to posting few and far between is that I need to update you with alot of things that have been happening!
Tony suffers from Bipolar and is now on medication. He never took anything for it when we first met but that has had to change what with his episodes becoming more frequent and severe. The turning point was when he told me he hadn't been to work, despite pretending he had. In reality, he spent the day sat in the woods by himself planning his suicide. When something like that happens, you know things have to change. Since taking the tablets, the episodes have slowed and the tablets seem to soften the blow as it were. The main side effects of the medication is he is very sleepy and sleep talks regularly! Now that I have become more used to the sleep talking, his dosage has been doubled; This has led to further side effects of sleep walking! That I cannot get used to!
Last night he sat bolt upright and would not lie back down for love nor money. "Have you had your tablet?" I softly asked. "No." He then proceeded to take his tablet whilst being mostly asleep and barely remembered it this morning. Fingers crossed that never happens again and the sleep talking and walking eases off! It terrifies me to think that he may be able to get up in the night and wander outside.