PERSON'S WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER:

We are just people. People with problems. People who take medications to try to be more "normal." We are all here on this planet... just trying to get along. Some are just trying to succeed. Some are just trying to stay alive. Some are just trying to not be alone. But, we are all trying to cope, in some way.

Our agenda's are many and our problems are greatly varied, AND we all have them. I feel I have a lifetime of experiences that uniquely qualifies me to understand and comfort and give advise. From being a child of a bp parent to my experiences as a teenager, with substance abuse, relationships, work, school, illness, death, problems with family and the daily struggle to "succeed". My life has not been easy, but DAMN IT...I'm still here!!! I welcome people to come to this site to give their advise or ask for help from others who may understand. Maybe someone else has walked in your shoes. I encourage everyone to refrain from talk of marriages and children as a rule. If it is part of the problem concerning your illness than let-er-rip!!! This is not a site for family counseling. I would urge others to bring their individualism here and we'll talk about what it's like from the world seen from our own eyes.