New, Bipolar, at a crossroads in life.

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kingflippynips
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Joined: November 27th, 2017, 11:30 am
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Issues: Bipolar, depression, anxiety, social anxiety
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New, Bipolar, at a crossroads in life.

Post by kingflippynips »

Hello all!

My name is Taylor, I've been dealing with anxiety/bipolar for a little while now, though undiagnosed until just recently for the bipolar (about 2 months ago). Lost my job recently which has been difficult, and started new meds around the same time. I am currently working part-time for a pizza place and Lyft driving to pay the bills if just barely and with support from my parents.

I have a girlfriend who is wonderful, and after getting medication to control the hypersexuality, things have been a little less rocky with some work. I started a gym just recently and went to swim today, and I'm getting career counseling along with individual and couples therapy. I'm thankful that I seem to be making positive steps, but worry about the loss of those things considering the recent job loss.

I'm pretty thrilled to see a new phpBB board I can attach myself to, in high school I wasn't able to socialize very well and going on a forum for a sketch comedy group I enjoyed at the time kept me sane and introduced me to a lot of things that were good for my development. I don't know how the community is here, but everyone there knew each other by name and we occasionally exchanged letters and such. I hope to make some friends here, get and give some encouragement/support, and have a few laughs. Really excited to meet you all. :)
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Thanks for sharing! Welcome.
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kingflippynips
Posts: 3
Joined: November 27th, 2017, 11:30 am
Gender: Male
Issues: Bipolar, depression, anxiety, social anxiety
preferred pronoun: he

Re: New, Bipolar, at a crossroads in life.

Post by kingflippynips »

Thank you. :)
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