Hi Wendy!

I just joined up here a day or two ago as well and also have been trying to 100 percent believe that I have bipolar for about the last year now. I always felt as if I had plain old bouts of depression. I am having one right now with all the sleeping and crying, and I have done the hospital, I'm doing ECT, and I'm going to therapy tomorrow, again, and I keep thinking someday, there's going to be something that really works on this whole business besides just being fairly successful at avoiding meds that zombify me.

Yes, please tell us that you are okay if you are--I hope!--and if it doesn't get any better, please don't be afraid to be in touch and be honest about that. I know a lot of times I and a lot of other people feel like all the people who ask if we are okay just want that cheery answer, especially if somebody is down for a while, and giving that cheery answer when you still feel bad is just really depressing and makes you feel lonely.

No matter how long it goes on (though I hope it doesn't), there have to be people out there who are not going to stop listening. There's me at least, and I'm sure I can't be the only one.

So how are you feeling now?

Lucinda