Hi all,
I just started taking medicine for BP2. I'm supposed to leave Jan. 10 to study abroad and realistically will only be able to meet with my pdoc/therapist three more times until then.
I'm worried that I won't be on the meds by then, and I'm worried I won't be stable enough to live in another country, in the home of a family that may not understand mental illness, where I won't have access to mental health care for five months. But I've wanted to do this since I was 13, and it's kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
I'm afraid that if I go, I'll have a breakdown or I won't enjoy myself because I'll be depressed or crazy. But I'm afraid if I don't go, I'll regret it for the rest of my life.

I guess this is just kind of a rant. I don't know if anyone else has been in a similar situation or has any advice. I just don't know what to do, and I need to make a decision very soon.