Hi––

New to the Forum: Bipolar II w/ Psychotic Inclinations, ADHD & Tourette's. I take 8 failing medications and am desperate for help.

I've lost my life to my illness––everything from selling all I own to pay debt settlements that resulted from manic business endeavors to an ineptitude toward basic life skills: bathe rarely, never brush teeth, can't cook or clean, etc. I'm 36, bankrupt, in poverty, can't hold a job, and am living in my parents' basement. This is all so hard since, up until I was 30 and diagnosed and put on drugs, I had an amazing life with a good career, money, physical fitness, etc.

I've been selected to attend a prestigious, fully-funded MFA program for Poetry. Grad school starts in 8 weeks and I'm going to have to back out if nothing changes. Grad school is all I have, my only hope.

So, is there anything out there? Any facilities that really work? I'm willing to go out of state. Mental health care in Indiana is a joke. Hospitals won't take me, intensive outpatient programs are mostly for substance abuse problems, and the ones I find don't take my insurance. It's just impossible.

I'm all ears if anybody has suggestions.

Thanks.