YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Northern Lights works well for me, it's not a cure but sure does improve my outlook. Caution- I used them at night a big mistake.

A place to relate where people don't think I'm crazy!
I was diagnosed bipolar 2 and have been treated for 10 years and stable for 8.

Hang in there. The longer you are stable the better things get. Saying your disease is "in remission" helps, it points out it's a medical illness not "fucked up in the head".

I have a good life at last. My psychiatrist switched my medications quickly, every time I had problem side effects, so I was stable pretty quickly. The psychiatrist before was awful. So keep searching for a good doc, try asking the closest university mental health for suggestions. They had to see me...