I was just diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and I have just started a combination of Abilify and Lamictal. Its too soon to tell if it is working yet. I am having issues at home and just with life in general. I have no motivation to do anything right now and my last mania phase was horrible I ended up going on break at work and never coming back, so now I am jobless. Not to mention friendless, and my life is falling apart. My family seems very dissapointed in me and I can tell everytime Im around them. They want me to be normal and hold a job and have a normal happy life, but they dont understand how horrible I feel. I think they think I am just lazy and dont want to work. It really bothers me. I just dont know what to do and I hope this medicine starts working fast.
Anyways this is my first post on these forums so any advice from anyone who maybe can relate would be much appreciated.