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I truly think that success is achievable. I have to work a bit harder, exercise more mindfulness, and take extra precautions compared to some folks (or my younger self). I'm a grad student in my 4th year, dx'd last spring thanks to a wicked manic episode. It's been hard to switch lifestyles from the sporadically-motivated hare to the slow-and-steady tortoise, but I've learned to derive a kind of simple pleasure from the steadyish work. I think things'll work out.
The relationships damaged during mania have slowly healed, and I've finally got my financial feet back on the ground (and put precautions in place for the future). I know my meds may not always keep things as stable as they are now, and there's probably another episode in my future. But until then, I'm going to keep on chugging along. And hopefully after then too.
-:- M
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>>Dx - manic-depressive (BP1)
>> Rx daily:
Seroquel/Quetiapine Fumarate
Lamotrigine/Lamictal
>>PRN:
Ambien/Zolpidem for acute insomnia
Ativan/Lorazepam for anxiety or hypomania
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