Since we're all posting images of our furbabies, here's an image of my cat, Licorice. I have 2 other cats but need to get some better photos of them. They aways blink or turn away when I try to snap their pictures! Sorry, I don't know how to shrink it! I'd love to see more pet pics. Even if it is off topic for bipolar. But I know my cats cheer me up quite a bit, make me laugh sometimes, and help my anxiety too. So in that since, they're kind of a bit of a "medication" to help mental illness--and without side effects (well, unless you are allergic!).



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This is my cat Pecan (named because she first hung out under our pecan tree when we rescued her as a stray). She is my cat that jumps on me in the morning and wakes me up! She never does this to H, but she knows I'm the one who feeds her in the morning!



And here is my cat Midnight. We feed Midnight well but she is very skinny because she has histoplasmosis (a fungus cats can get from bird poop). We are treating her with an anti-fungal, but this is a long-running infection. Our vet said the last cat she treated with histo took 9 months to recover. We've only gotten Midnight to actually TAKE her medication for around 5 months so far. She gets another round of tests at the vet in September. Before medication, she was very lethargic and slept most of the time. Now, she has perked up and is back to her old self again, chasing her tail, going in & out, stalking birds outside (though luckily hasn't caught any but the neighborhood birds all have the down-low to steer clear of our house with all these cats around!). She has gained some weight but still has more to go.