Get trying to Stay healthy.

[Padro77]

I'm a 41 yr old with bipolar 2 and severe anxiety. I have had my illnesses since my teenage years. This time of year is particularly trying for me. I start rapid cycling in the fall thru the spring. Just taking it one day at a time. My biggest struggle is with my family. After all these years they still don't seem to get it. They almost punish me for my episodes, like I can control them.

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I struggle with my family as well. I think they just love us so much they refuse to accept we might be sick or different. It makes them uncomfortable to think their loved one is suffering. It’s hard to be patient with them sometimes, but that’s the only solution I have to this problem. It makes me more compassionate for when they get sick. I never treat them like it’s their fault.

[b1b1b1]

What do you mean by cycling?

[Padro77 in reply to b1b1b1]

Cycling is a rapid succession of depression and mania. Sometimes it happens over days, weeks, sometimes within hours