I was thinking out of 6,000 or so FGers, I can't be the only one with experience in mental illnesses. Some of you guys know I am bipolar. Recently a former member pointed out that I was "nuts" because of it.
That isn't shutting me up about it because the only way to break a stigma is to keep pushing your way through it and work on changing people's minds. Anyway, after being in a total fog the last two to three days and having a general crappy disposition for the last bunch of months, I find myself in a happy and contented mood. This would be all good of course, but I can't figure out if it's a "real" good mood or if it's a slight manic phase with a crash to follow. I'm in limbo with my medications- one isn't working and one may be working "too" well.
Is anyone else here afflicted with bipolar? Or depression? I'd like to know how you cope with it, especially the manic phases; if you have any tricks in dealing with it. I know this is a sensitive subject and I truly don't expect many if any at all, to answer, but I hope that somebody will. It would be nice to have a thread we all could come to when needed.
Thanks!
Red