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Old Sep 23, 2014, 03:37 PM
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I will have a hard time keeping up. These post move very quick. I hope I don't miss any conversation that I start. Wow.

I'm thinking this is a good time to post here. I have Bipolar and take two different meds to keep in check. I have been on them long ago with out a true diagnosis. I gained weight badly on the meds. This time they have me on something that is not supposed to gain weight on. So far so good. My Doctors think a support group such as this would be good for me!

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Old Sep 23, 2014, 04:22 PM
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This is a great group here. I've been on other boards where the members fight and argue with each other. It felt like, well, those people are crazy...lol..so I left.
There's not a lot of fighting here, just lots of support.
I hope you find that to be true as well.
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Old Sep 23, 2014, 04:43 PM
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This is a great group here. I've been on other boards where the members fight and argue with each other. It felt like, well, those people are crazy...lol..so I left.
There's not a lot of fighting here, just lots of support.
I hope you find that to be true as well.
I agree this board is much more mature... last board I was in was full of 16 year olds trying to flirt with anything walking.. it made me so mad because I was in serious need of help (nice to have someone read your post and give feed back) and these people I felt were just playing around.. I sickened me that people would use a mental illness as an excuse to get in people's pants.. maybe I looked into it a bit harsh.. anyway I really like this forum
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Old Sep 23, 2014, 04:50 PM
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Old Sep 23, 2014, 06:17 PM
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I have been around arguing and fighting sites...exactly why I stopped talking in those forums. This is my first time on a mental health forum. It actually might be the right place for me. Thanks all!
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Old Sep 23, 2014, 06:26 PM
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I remember on one site years ago I let everyone knows I was medicating myself with prescription meds. The moderator ended up with allot of complaints. So she started being critical of me in open forum. She was trying to push my buttons. It worked. So I was banned permanently without any warnings. A gesture of understanding and support, eh? I have never got over that. This forum here is quite a find for me. Here are many empathetic and supportive people, even when I do something stupid.
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Old Sep 23, 2014, 07:20 PM
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I will have a hard time keeping up. These post move very quick. I hope I don't miss any conversation that I start. Wow...
Welcome, Sprite22!
Don't worry about missing any thread you start (or, in fact, any that you've posted in). Just click on "My Profile" (near top of page, on left) and it will take you, well, no surprise here, to your profile(!) That obvious bit brings you to what might not be obvious. Part of your profile there are your subscribed threads (any you start or post in is automatically included. You can also choose to follow a thread by using the "thread tools" button when you are on a thread. (If those first two aren't automatic, let me know. I might be forgetting a setting or something. It's been awhile.)

When you're looking at your subscribed threads list, it will have a little arrow to the far left of the thread title, which works just like anywhere else on the site in taking you to the posts that are new in it since the last time you were reading it.

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Old Sep 24, 2014, 12:29 AM
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Welcome aboard! This is indeed a friendly forum which isn't over-moderated and where members are almost always respectful of one another. I've been here 2 1/2 years and love it. Hope you'll stick around and enjoy.
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Old Sep 24, 2014, 08:13 AM
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Welcome, Sprite22!
Don't worry about missing any thread you start (or, in fact, any that you've posted in). Just click on "My Profile" (near top of page, on left) and it will take you, well, no surprise here, to your profile(!) That obvious bit brings you to what might not be obvious. Part of your profile there are your subscribed threads (any you start or post in is automatically included. You can also choose to follow a thread by using the "thread tools" button when you are on a thread. (If those first two aren't automatic, let me know. I might be forgetting a setting or something. It's been awhile.)

When you're looking at your subscribed threads list, it will have a little arrow to the far left of the thread title, which works just like anywhere else on the site in taking you to the posts that are new in it since the last time you were reading it.

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Thanks for the tips...I used to be on a forum quite like this one...but it has been a while...I will slowly learn again.
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Old Sep 24, 2014, 08:19 AM
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Fighting is to easy to find in chat conditions. I agree Tucson all the way! Text is to easy to let your hair down. Or pick on people. I learned not everyone should know I have bipolar, it comes with issues. People get the wrong ideas when uneducated.
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