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

Cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) is one of the most common types of therapy. It would be a great idea to try out therapy but know CBT might not be the right fit. So I would tell him to go. The therapist will do an intake(ask a bunch of background information and get to know him) and proceed with tr...

I’m not in a crisis

I have bipolar 2 disorder. I’ve been treating it since 2015. Since I started medication I have really had hypomania symptoms. Now it’s full blown hypomania and I have no idea what to do. I just feel like I can’t calm down inside my head. Elevated mood but at the same time sad. And I cannot sleep