Posted by BP-Tdoc on December 27, 2009, at 23:18:04
In reply to Re: I'm new » BP-Tdoc, posted by Deneb on December 27, 2009, at 15:44:04
Thanks Deneb! It's nice to get a welcome into the world of boards and posts as well as the world of people with psychiatric problems who are open about it (although we do use screen names to hide behind). I got my official BP diagnosis in May 2008 but I'm still struggling to accept it. I take my meds and all but I feel ashamed and incompetent because of it. I tend to pretend it's not true, even though I suspected way back in the 80's when I was in graduate school and the concept of BP2 was first proposed. Now I've been a clinical psychologist for 20 years but I can't believe I'm not a fake because of my own struggles. I know plenty of people in my field who have one psychiatric thing or another but it doesn't help me to know that. I have also told friends who have all been fine about it - they have their own crises and don't have time to judge me for having a mood disorder. So, I think I'm repeating myself here. Joining this forum is another way to try to come to terms with having a painful illness that is also stigmatized and means you have to take meds with all kinds of annoying side effects for the rest of your life - but at least the meds help and it's not as bad as schizophrenia.
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