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Q: New Bipolar Dedicated Forum
asked by: john441 on August 3rd, 2006
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Hi. I am new here and have been reading this site for some time and find it to be excellent in that it covers so many areas of health so well. I shall be using it a lot in future and look forward to contributing and getting to know people on here.

I have bp2 and have had since I was 17 (42 now). It is a difficult illness to live with but I manage well with an excellent support network. I am currently of long-term sick leave from my work as a therapist within the english nhs.


Many thanks

john k
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texassweetpea
replied on August 9th, 2006
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Thank John!
Looks like a pretty cool site john. Thanks!!!
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rmuir
replied on August 15th, 2006
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Re: Thank John!
Greetings,

i've been a untreated rapid cycling bipolar individual for about 30 years. The ninety's were not very good for me. My father passed away thanksgiving day in 92' my mother died in 94'. The day after I buried her my wife wanted a divorce out of the blue, no counseling, nothing. I was divorced in 95. My youngest brother died in 99' on thanksgiving day (same as dad) ken was only 35.


Well all of this and other issues as well caused me to sink into a depression so deep that I had to wear dark sunglasses at work to hide my constant crying.


Finally an angel came to me. Her name is kate. She stood by me and made the decisions I couldn't make in the state I was in. Kate fought to get me the treatment I needed. It worked i've been treated since 2000 and I feel wonderful. I married kate in 2004.


I wanted to somehow pay back all the pain and suffering I caused the people in my life by building and maintaining a forum for caregivers and loved ones of bipolar companions.


Check it out at :
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Balch
replied on December 13th, 2006
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Thank you,john.I also have a good forum to recommend. I hope it would be useful for our members.

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