Recently, we heard from readers Larry and Linda Drain who have recently formed a local chapter of DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) in Blount County, Tennessee. The group’s mission is to provide information and support for people with bipolar disorder and their loved ones and facilitate connections among people in the bipolar community. As Larry has said, “The weight is less heavy when it’s shared.”
We encourage you to read the Drain’s bipolar story, which they have shared with visitors to the Bipolar Blog and to visit their Hopeworks Community website, where you will find information, advice, support, and perhaps best of all hope.
Please check out my support chat.
http://chat.aim.com/chats/life/familys-of-bipolar-or-mentally-ill-persons
Hello:
I am Bipolar and having a hard time. The Dr. found I had an abnormal thyroid. I can’t make head way on the pressure and stigma that people put on me. I just got out of the hospital and people treat you different. And make out like you are some disease. The people you think are friends just stab you in the back. I am at my wits in. I would like to chat with people who know what I am talking about.