Thanks for the information Merlin. I look forward to your chat. One subject I'm dealing with is being on SSDI and working - the stress of keeping my income below the allowed amount in non-challenging, but stressful job. How do you keep your dignity after working FT with the illness and all of a sudden, you can no longer work, then can only work 20 hours while having to pay your bills? I realize this has more than one topic, I guess the main one would be accepting the changes in one's bipolar and how it affects our lives, dreams, relationships, etc. Thank you, TiredofPTSD.