finally someone l can related to  is  like you are describing my life and I have 3 children

Thankyou for your bravery and helping us to understand what bipolar is like

I have a massively supportive family but I also feel lonely because I cannot adequately describe exactly how I feel or what it's like to be me

Exactly how I felt, relief that there was a diagnosis and has helped me come to terms with a lot about me.  Like she said, it makes sense

Thats how I felt about not being believed

NOOOOO I LOVE DANCING MY WIEIGHT IS STARTING TO BALOON, tFEEL TEARFUL AND LOW.  That's it, I'm packing them in I much prefer being the old version of me (just jesting Mum.....for now;-) xx

Spending lots of money, Instant gratification, Glamour, Hmmmm I wonder..... 600e at Nikki Beach Marbella for six bottles of champagne / 3 beach beds for no not an entire holiday but just day and 1000 E in Puerto Banus purely on clothes....yeah think that qualifies me 

Mum's first response was she wasn't going to read the email I sent her, that I'd talked myself into believing I had bipolar by convincing myself with symptoms I researched on the internet. Supports me massively now she's come to terms the precious daughter she loves immensely suffers the stigma and label of lifelong mental disability.  However if she knew how well I managed to hide how lonely miserable dissatisfied I  always felt about me inside,  having weekly if not daily thoughts of suicide , I can say with 100% certainty she is now happily relieved  with diagnosis and would wish it wasn't diagnosed sooner to prevent the pain and tragic consequences experienced from previous years

haha ALL OR NOTHING that just about sums it up for me

This made me cry because it's where I'm at now...cant hide pretend or ignore how awful i feel anymore it's getting worse and cant express to friends and family how desolate different and lonely I feel, the changes I face and now have to make. !!!!    I dont want to lose the funloving me tho

Listen to Heart FM DJ Matt Wilkinson talking to Siobhan O'Neill about her experience of living with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. 

Read a transcript of the podcast: http://www.mind.org.uk/help/information_and_advice/podcasts/bipolar_disorder_manic_depression .

Read our information on bipolar disorder: http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/7916_understanding_bipolar_disorder

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