People who suffer from Bipolar, Depression or any other mental disorders....

....how do you deal with your problems on a day to day level?

Well, I take medications every morning. I see a doctor and a therapist every few weeks. I try to take my mind off of it somehow, but mostly to no avail. But overall, I just deal with it and carry on. I don't really have a support system outside my mom and sis, but they live 2 hours away and they're still mourning the death of my sister's husband a few months ago. I don't have a family of my own or friends I can talk to.

So, in a way, I just sit in silence and let it flow.

It can be a really difficult disorder to deal with! Make sure you’re letting your doctor and therapist know how you’re feeling. Sometimes medication needs to be tweaked to get the right fit!

I work in the mental health field and also have my own mental health disorders I cope with, so I see mental health disorders from both the treatment side and the patient side. Make sure to take care of yourself and if that means putting yourself first, do it!!

BillieJeanIs4Luvers said:

It can be a really difficult disorder to deal with! Make sure you’re letting your doctor and therapist know how you’re feeling. Sometimes medication needs to be tweaked to get the right fit!

I work in the mental health field and also have my own mental health disorders I cope with, so I see mental health disorders from both the treatment side and the patient side. Make sure to take care of yourself and if that means putting yourself first, do it!!

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Thanks.

I was diagnosed as bipolar in my teens, but none of the drugs I was given did much to fix it, so in the end I assumed I might have been misdiagnosed. My main medical condition is temporal-lobe epilepsy, which I take pills to control; haven't had a massive seizure in about 3 years. I also went through a very intense psych exam in 2013, after which I was told I had an inherent form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome.