I don't know what to say Lady M :-(.... Like @2earls said, most men are very indirect and find it hard to express any emotions, especially in the tough times.... My brother can only talk about 2 things... Sport and Online gaming!!? Not me, I'm more like a woman than my girlfriend!... wIth us, it's the opposite way round...
I Get the same treatment regarding meds as you do, especially regarding relationship issues! She almost can't take me seriously at times, due to the fact she thinks I'm high or something... Little does she realise, I'm nothing like high, The meds aren't making me happy!! They are purely there to prevent me being unhappy, or god forbid insane!!!
It's hard to really make 'mentally healthy' people aware of just how fucked your head can be sometimes?... It's just the old 'get a grip' scenario all over again.... I suppose it's like living through a war, you can't learn what it was like from books or the TV, you have to have lived through it, fighting for your country and life!... Only then will you be fully aware of what that was like...
I find relationships very tough, as do other friends I have who are on varying meds... Having to explain over and over the reasons you are like you are, when most of the time, you haven't a clue and all of the time, wish you fucking weren't?!!??
On the plus side, you have 5 beautiful children, already your accomplishments and theirs will be the start of your legacy
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However, I find your weight comment quite sad and distressing? You cannot and must not burden yourself with that extra headfuck...You are who you are, by the sounds of it a beautiful human being... it's what's inside that counts, not the wrapping... That's just a bonus if it's well wrapped ;-)
Anyway, just sayin....