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

My Mom was a pretty good OCD rager. She kept a spotless house and still does. Everything is "just so" and sometimes when she would come home and I would be in my bedroom I could hear her walking around yelling at no one "What the hell is this doing here?" "Why is there a kni...

I am BP2 as well. Very few people I know are aware of my diagnosis. Mostly I am good at masking my depression, anxiety, etc...A few years ago when Catherine Zeta Jones came out and said she was BP2, my mother (who doesn't know about my diagnosis) expressed surprise about the CZJ, saying she seemed l...

I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 a few years ago. My doctor prescribed Lamictal and I took the generic, Lamotrigine. With insurance I paid less than $15 a month for 30 pills. I had no side effects and simply felt like myself but less fucked up emotionally. It was a great drug for me.

In my experience as a Bipolar 2, my PMS seems to be about 10x more intense than it used to be. I get ridiculously depressive, moody, and weepy --like my eyes are leaky faucets all the time over the slightest BS. As soon as my actual period starts, I pretty much return to a more stable state (for me,...

Honestly, I don't know where to start....I am an unmarried, 43 yo woman who is child-free and in a relationship. Almost 6 years ago I moved back to SoCal from the Pacific NW after 14 years of living there. Trying to adjust to being around my family again, starting over with no friends, no job, missi...