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Hello everyone. Ive hung around this forum for at least a year posting now and then. Ive decided to dive in and introduce myself. Im a seventy year old woman with bipolar two and anxiety. My bipolar is controlled fairly well with a combination of drugs. Even though I take a medication for my anxiety too, its still a problem. For the last few months Ive been meditating regularly. I think its helped with my anxiety because Ive noticed a decrease in my fear of driving, which has always been a huge problem for me.
Ive only been taking medication for my bipolar problem for the last few years. I wish Id been diagnosed earlier! My life would have been different if my moods had been more stable. For example, I would have been able to hold down a better paying job and my husband and I would be better off now financially. I try not to dwell on this too much.
Thats me in a nutshell. Hope to talk to you soon.

SheltieLover
(69,611 posts)crosinski
(595 posts)It was very enlightening
I learned a lot about myself and how to make myself happy. Really good stuff, and you were the one who suggested it to me, so I thank you.
SheltieLover
(69,611 posts)Happy to know you liked it & that it helped you!
Skittles
(164,845 posts)don't waste time analyzing the past, you did what you could with the knowledge you had at the time, as we all do.....best to take what you know now and move forward!
OldBaldy1701E
(8,014 posts)Namely, that people generally refused to accept that our issues were even real. I was routinely called 'lazy', 'unmotivated' and worse, all due to depression and anxiety.
How were we supposed to survive? I don't know, but we did.
crosinski
(595 posts)When I was young, my family thought I could just get over my problems with will power. But, no, I couldnt just snap out of a depression, or suddenly become outgoing. It took me quite a long time to truly accept that myself.