HarlequinNew Contributor
Hello!
Hi!
This is my first time engaging here. I watched the Sane Impact forum today and realised I have been missing out on an opportunity to connect with others of like experience and maybe even to make a contribution. Hence here I am!
I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 fifteen years ago. I have been medicated effectively and managing my condition fairly well for the past 5 years or so - it took many years and a long hospital stay to get to this point.
I find the inconsistencies that are hallmarks of this condition to be the most difficult to accept and tolerate - the feeling ok for a little while, and then not. Sometimes I have days of feeling functional and content, occasionally it's even weeks. Sometimes it's only enough hours to get a task done or have some sort of interaction before I collapse in a drained heap.
Then I become insular and isolated - I am unable to stop myself from holding those who might support me at arms length. I become lonely, despondent and... you know how it goes.
I have never consciously met another person who has been diagnosed with Bipolar 2, so sometimes I feel like I'm the only weirdo in the world! I know this isn't true, so hello to you all!
With warm regards
Harlequin
