hello! i'm streetlights. i'm 18 and i have schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. i was diagnosed in spring 2014. i was depressed throughout my childhood but had my first manic episode when i was 13. i won't go into the details of it, firstly in case i trigger anyone, and secondly because i dissociated a lot and can't remember great chunks of it. i ( Read more... )

I am a severe bipolar 1 with rapid cycling as well as severe anxiety and ptsd. I have recently been experiencing increasing manic symptoms. Yesterday it came to a head. I spent all of my money and cheated on my boyfriend. I dont even remember. He left me of course and im in so much pain and self loathing. I love him so much, we had even been ( Read more... )

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Depression knows no age ( Read more... )

Trigger warning. Read at your own riskHOW IT ALL CAME TO THIS ( Read more... )

I have slowly been cutting back on my meds and tonight I cut out the last one,a sleep aid. I am a little worried but I think I will be ok. If any one has tips for sleeping with out meds please let me know.

So I just joined this community the other day ( Read more... )

You can add me as a friend if you would like :-)

I would love to be able to communicate with people that can help me out with this thing called bipolar.  I would love to be able to help others also!!

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That's really all I have the energy to say now.  You can look at my journal if you like.