I think you're off to a great start. My very first suggestion is to be sure you have the best sleep schedule you can possible have. Sleep is the foundation of living successfully with BD.
I have sometimes found support groups to be more helpful than individual therapy, as far as getting support and information for a specific mental illness.
I find this forum and especially this board extremely informative and helpful...the support here is tremendous.
Stay on your meds. I think that the biggest problem with having BD (at least for me) is getting stable on meds, then thinking, "I've been misdiagnosed. I'm really sure I have...I think I should go off medication." When that has happened to me, I spoke with my pdoc about it. Sometimes there is a med that can be lowered or dropped. If so, that's great. But a mood stabilizer is so important when treating BD.
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