Hi everyone,
I am so glad to have found this BP Chat. I have had this illness for 14 years and it doesn't get any easier. However, with a good psychiatrist, proper medications and support system (family and friends) it is amazing how you can deal with it. It is a matter of survival, otherwise I'm sure I'd be living like some unfortunate souls in a cardboard box on a street all winter. I get up five days a week and drag myself into work like the rest of the people and I can't tell you how lucky I am to be able to function fairly normally between manic episodes. My name is Carolyne Olson, I should have introduced myself to this community which I just joined today. Thanks to Merlin for hosting. Talk to you all soon!