Hello anyone here who is old. I'm 74. Except for the past 6 weeks, since lamictal made me fall over and get slightly hurt, I've loved being an Elder of the Tribe. For 20 years since I finally got psych help that works. My bipolar meds worked. I got along with people better than any time in my life. As a musician, my music was better than ever. I felt like I had wisdom and knowledge of how to handle problems that come up in life. After my fall, a whole bunch of things with my body went wrong. I feel OLD OLD OLD and wonder how I'm going to handle all t his. I can walk, YES!! I have use of my arms. I'm not sick. I'm glad and thankful for these things. I know many people who have to use walkers or electric scooters. I have two friends who have early Parkinson's. They just cruise right along in their lives, or SO IT SEEMS. Me, I am an emotional wreck. I did write another post about my irritibility due to med change. I hope Lithium works by the 23 of this month, like my pdoc thinks it will.