Dear Piper,

I really feel empathy for your situation, because I have been in that place.

I have been stable for three months now. This is the longest period of stability I have had in two years. So maybe the med cocktail is finally right? I really don't know.

There is a lot of up and down. The most disappointing is the sudden down that takes you really low out of the blue. No apparent triggers, no nothing. One step forward, five steps back. It happens.

I know it is discouraging and that there seems to be no end in sight, but I am here to say that I didn't believe it would happen for me, feeling better and like myself, but it did. So don't you give up, you will get better.

Try, if you can, to lower your responsibilities right now, it is the best thing you can do for yourself.

Sending you hugs............