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Undiagnosed Mental Illness.
Advice Please, What Is Wrong With My Husband?
In today’s post, I’m not going to answer questions as I usually do. Instead, I’m going to ask one. The question is, does my husband have an undiagnosed mental illness? As awful as it sounds for a wife to say, I think the answer is yes and possibly more than one. Physically, he used to have a fatty liver which thankfully is now cured. He also has coeliac disease, and we have now discovered a rare kidney condition caused by a defective gene that will lead to dialysis or a transplant in the future.
However, as much as these are all a big worry for me, I am somewhat more concerned about his mental health. Physically he knows what he needs to do. He has treatment plans, and he seems content to follow them. However, emotionally he largely refuses to see that there is a problem and, the majority of the time, will not talk to me about it.
Do These Problems Sound Like An Undiagnosed Mental Illness?
Here’s what we are dealing with.
