Hello, my name is Laura, though I also answer to Merlin.

I have lead the Bipolar Support Chat in the past and am glad to restart it. The chat will run for approximately 90 minutes on Wednesdays at 7 PM MST/MDT every second week.

Adult conversation is allowed, however please limit the adult discussion to the effects of your illness, such as hyper-sexuality, or medications side effects. I don’t want to hear about your favourite positions. https://forums.psychcentral.com/chat...hat-rooms.html.

The chat will start with a 30 – 45 minute check in. I will ask members, by username, how they are doing, how their last couple of weeks have been and if there is anything they would like to talk about. I will finish the check in by describing how I am doing.

I will try to address every member in the room, but if anyone is late, they may not get the opportunity to participate in the check in.

After the check in, I will start a discussion. We may discuss topics that the groups has brought up, or I may bring in a topic, such as early warning signs, to discuss. All members, whether late or on time are invited to the topical discussion.

I will take notes during the discussions and post a summary of what we’ve discussed in my Bipolar Support Chat threads in Chat Announcements and the Bipolar Sub forum. You are also welcome to submit topic suggestions in these threads.

All Community Guidelines apply while in chat. https://forums.psychcentral.com/rule...uidelines.html. Please use the self-care tools -- such as placing other members on Ignore whom you don't get along with -- while in chat.