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constant talking

my husband constantly talks. he talks even when i dont listen and answer him. he just jumps from topic to topic .some time i feel like running away. when i tell him he can not see anything wrong with his behaviour. i am really in bad state at the moment. what should i do
anyone has any experience to share. please its a plea
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Yes, me, I can't take it any more
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I have a sister like this.  Everyone has commented on it. She will be talking in a room even if no one is there.  I have pointed it out to her and she doesn't see it as a problem.  They can shut up, because finally I had had it with her visits and incessant babble and told her to shut the hell up I was sick of it.  Finally relief ;) She hasn't spoken to me for 2 years.. grin
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MY brother who is 50 years old, when born was about 3.5 pounds, he was put through normal schools in India, where he lagged in school.  He learnt how to talk but could not do math at all.  No one knew what was wrong, and one day the school officials showed helplessness to keep him in school beyond 4th grade. He was about 12 years then.  Parents tolerated him till now. I was out of the country for last 30 years.  Now parents are very old and can not take care of him any more. His symptoms are he talks constantly, blames the world all the time, changes topic from clouds to animals back to stars and goes off tangent in totally unconnected directions.  Otherwise, he is physically fit, wise enough to find his way through big cities like Mumbai, can travel in train.  He can do some household chores like sweeping the floors etc. But can not concentrate on any chore, or topic long enough to complete it.

Is he bi-polar, can we do something for this human being? Anyone , who can shed some more life on it.
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Probaly bipolar and maybe ADD. Have a psychiatrist see him. They will know. You giving them background information will help them determine the source of his problem. Gods bless
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I remember the day my mom started talking nonstop, it happened like over night.  I noticed immediately and so did my sister when my sister tried to say something to her three times and was interrupted every time which hadn't really happened before.  Everyone that knows her and knows me would keep coming up to me and saying things like your mom and cool is and all but she sure likes to talk a lot.  At first I was able to handle it and converse with her but after a couple of years I just stopped trying to have a meaningful conversation with her because she leads the whole thing and never lets me talk about things I have on my mind at least every once in a while.  When I talk I have to rely on the other person to keep the conversation going or it dies quickly and since she talked a lot I ended up talking a lot and she said one time I never shut up when I'm around her which sort of bothered me because I'm the one who's quiet and she never shuts up!  Then things would happen like I'd go put on some headphones and try to write music but here she'd be talking constantly without me even replying at all for a few hours at least.
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The constant talking, is borish control and the utmost in: It's all about me abusive torture. I feel your pain!

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575745 tn?1254165100
He's your husband. If you look at him with compassion and sincerity rather than how irritated you feel, you would see what's going on with him. You could be tactful and frank and let him know what you've been observing. I know that when I was first told that I was acting "funny," I was humiliated, aggravated, and just plan defensive. It didn't make for an easy way to solve the situation. Even in my state of mania, I was capable of making somewhat sound decisions. The more irritated I got (with those around me) the more I wanted to lash out and be impulsive.
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Bev, I feel very very sorry for you. I have just managed - coped with - several days at my mother's house. her habit of constant talking -some of which she expects me to reply to, impling that i should pay attention to everything she says just in case- is extremely intrusive and frustrating. i couldn;t get one minuets peace, even if I left the room to get away from her - she just gets louder. she has a history of depression and (I suspect) a borderline personality disorder. I can see it is affecting my dad's quality of life. but she can;t stand other people making noise! go figure!  I don;t know how you manage to cope  day in and day out, and I wish you well.
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   I think some people do this if they feel stressed, perhaps at their job or where they can not complain but are not necesisarily Bi-Polar.  Also if insecure, may use you as a " sounding board ", to see what you think or how you reply. I know it can get on your nerves, especially at night when you are trying to get to sleep, as happens around here some.
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I do that when I am manic and I talk alot normally to, but not jumpy talk like your husband does, unless I am manic.  Just part of my being bipolar!  Is he?  If so, he is in a manic state.
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Namaste,

Some people just like to talk. For them it's an outlet for their energy.

Without further medical and psychological history I couldn't venture a guess as to why he talks incessantly.

If his only "bad" behavior is constant talking and he does not have various mood swings, spending sprees, bad judgement, depression, etc., it's highly unlikely that he is sufferring from bipolar disorder.

It sounds as if you've been together for some time and if he's been like this all along, it's probably part of his nature. If this is a new issue and he's getting up in age, you may want to have an examination scheduled to eliminate any physical and/or psychological abnormalities.

At this point however, it appears as if it just makes you irritable, so try to relax, let him do his talking and, if need be, ignore him and leave the room.

Michael(Jikan)
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