My name is Laura and I just moved to Texas. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar II and am currently unmedicated because I still nurse my one-year-old daughter, and don't really plan to stop anytime soon. Plus, we are hoping to have more children before long.

I should probably be on an antidepressant, but I quit taking it (without consulting a doctor (bad move, I know)). I haven't had much of a problem with depression since I was a teenager. I always treated it with marijuana and risky behaviors that would push me towards hypomania. Since I got married 3 years ago, I just used pot, but now that's not an option.

I guess I just feel lost in this new state without any friends or family close by.