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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
I'm glad to read that you have kept things sufficiently in check, to date, but beware that other highly intelligent people in history have struggled greatly. Beethoven had his very rough times. So did Robert Schumann. [Yes, I like classical music.] Many mentally superior folks with bipolar disorder have lost control.
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Thanks. Yea, I've been taking it seriously.
I finally got around to getting a new family doc a few years ago, and managed to get referred to a new psychiatrist too.
This particular psychiatrist really hammered home how serious BPI is, to the point that it woke me from my slumber a bit. I'd been stable for 10 years, and working consistently on my health, to the point that I got a bit complacent.
But lately I've been having semi-regular checkups, and practicing some degree of self-care. Saying no when I need to, making the right decisions when I need to. And luckily I have access to modern medicine.