Happy Black Friday...if you're into that kind of thing, which I'm not, because I hate crowds and barely like people most of the time. I'm Bipolar II w/ a PTSD kicker. I came here to find others with similar experiences, struggles, and successes. At the moment, I am having a very difficult time adjusting to my medications and I'm also struggling with accepting that I have a mental illness that is, more often than not, debilitating. I also struggle to share my diagnosis with others, family and friends. I feel like I'm in the closet in denial and I need to come out and accept and embrace that this is really happening. I figured this would be a good place to begin.

I'm 43, have two daughters, 19 & 14 and a wonderfully supportive husband. That's where the functional part of my life ends. I'm also recently unemployed due to the major depressive episode and partial hospitalization that led to my diagnosis.