Bipolar has taken my social skills and turned them into mashed turnips. I can't make close friends.

Bipolar has taken my intelligence and smashed it into bits. Grad school flunk out.

Bipolar makes it feel like I am actually happy...then takes it all away. I lived for those few days of hypomania where I felt good about myself, and the sun was shining in my mind. Now I am not allowed to even have that little sliver of hope. Lithium has taken that away well.

Bipolar waits until I think I am feeling okay...then out come the intrusive thoughts and the guilt and the feeling worthless...and it can last for years..eventually making me feel like death is the only way out sometimes. (not suicidal now, just to let you know)

Can you guys tell I am in a depressive episode? LOL

I have been on Lithium for MONTHS and the depression is getting worse. What can I do?