KAW, my man...I feel like I've just been on a long journey with you...HOW can it possibly be that I have not read YOUR thread before now??? ...But I just caught up with ALL of them!

True, I mainly read your posts, but HOLY COW, bro, what a ride you're on.

First, although this may well have been mentioned by others, your W sounds to me like she may be bi-polar...was this ever checked out?

She almost sounds like a rapid-cycling manic-depressive with Seasonal Affective tendencies. Oh, yeah, I teach Psychology.

I'd be quite surpised if, given all the "help" she's had in the past, no one checked for this, but if it's true...

She may be a type II bipolar with mostly depression and alternating "hypomanic" (not full-blown...but the "chatter box" image you've painted fits well) episodes. I may be way off base here, but if this IS a possibility, her meds might be wrong. Some antidepressants can spur manic episodes, like the "jitters" she had when quitting her new meds last spring. BTW, it takes longer than 3 days to adjust to new meds, both CJ and I had lingering symptoms for a bit.

KAW, another thought came to mind when you posted (a LONG time ago) that your W said that OM treated her like sh!t, but she still wanted him.

As bizarre and unhealthy as this sounds, many seriously depressed people (especially if it's chronic) actually PREFER to be treated badly!!! ...or perhaps more accurately, they implicitly believe as "more true" cruel words, and the company of people who confirm their own low opinion of themselves! Of course this leads nowhere good...but it can explain some perplexing things.

Perhaps your continued vigilence (my hat is waay off to you) and patience at times irritates her as it is not consistent with how she feels she "deserves" to be treated.

Well, now I have a new thread to check when I do my rounds.

I may not have been HERE before tonight, but your posts all around have inspired me many, many times.

(((((((((((((((KAW)))))))))))))))))

Shiny