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I am bipolar so know what you are going through. I am on medication as well. I am 65. For the most part I have been stable for the past couple of years. I am also an alcoholic. I see a psychologist twice a week and my psychiatrist every six weeks. I also go to a group called Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) To join you need to be an alcoholic or drug addiction or a compulsive Overeater plus a mental disorder such as you have, depression or bipolar like myself. The group helps. Just like diabetis like I have people can learn to manage their psychiatric illness. Does not mean I won't have symptoms once in awhile but if I talk about the symptoms and share with my doctors I can get through it. You can do it also. I Don't know how this works but if you are able to send me a message contact me anytime. I am in Illinois.
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Hi, @1lundboat - if you would like, you can communicate privately with another Connect member (or they can choose to do so with you) by going to their profile (click on the other member's username or profile image), and then you will see "Send private message" right near the top of that page.
We have some discussions related to bipolar and on addictions, if you'd be interested in participating or starting a new discussion. If you wanted to start a new discussion on either of those topics, you would go to the Mental Health group and then click on the gray box that says "Start a new discussion" at the upper left, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/mental-health/
Here are the bipolar-related threads:
-on aripiprazole (Abilify), https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-try-abilify/?pg=1#chv4-comment-stream-header
-on bipolar and some simultaneous conditions, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/bipolar-disorder-central-sensitization-autoimmune/?pg=1#comment-114360
- on quetiapine (Seroquel), https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/seraquel/?pg=1#chv4-comment-stream-header
Here is an addiction-related discussion you might also be interested in, on preventing lapses: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/recognize-plan-prevent-addiction-lapses/?utm_campaign=search