I'm new to the program and am very interested in learning as much as I can about the disorder I have been diganosed with. I don't know if I have bipolar I or II and don't know the difference really. I just know that taking the meds to treat bipolar are helping keep me normal or I turn into one of two monsters. A crying monster or a pissed off monster.

I have a son that I am doing this treatment for, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't give a rip what happened to me. And that's the god's honest truth.

Doing martial arts helps some, gives me something to focus on and I've been offered classes to learn meditation, which I've been told by my therapist will help. I know that listening to classical music helps when I'm irritated, and I've noticed I go into a meditative state when listening to classical at night. I just need to find music that helps when I'm depressed.

But like I said, I'm on here to learn and get support and maybe support others.