Bipolar 2 Disorder

Hi, my name is SunDazedHaze. I'm here because I have been recently feeling very isolated and could really benefit from a sense of community. I was diagnosed a few years ago with Bipolar II, Generalized Chronic anxiety disorder, PTSD, and ARFID. After several years of suffering i'm finally also getting my testing completed to determine if I have a Chronic health condition; so i a, also hoping to learn a bit about that as well.

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Hi, my name is Brian. I'm 44 years old and have been a mess for 30+ of those years. Severe depression, bipolar2, anxiety, substance abuse, and the like. I don't know anything about this place. Just that it was mentioned as a community or resource I might find useful. I have no idea.I'm in the process of trying to become a mental health/substance abuse peer counselor in California. Actually I'm moving in a few months and plan to do process in the Fall of 2026 when I'm established in my new city. Until then I'm learning about things, blogging, and trying to hold on. I mean... I don't know. What did I just say? There's so much more. I'm glad to be here! Thanks!

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I’m curious, I’ve been taking low dose lamotrigine now for around 6 months. At first I felt a shift, I felt more centred and each day I get a sense that I think differently, I am making better choices, my thought patterns feel more coherent, can anyone relate.

I feel like I’m only mildly on the spectrum of bipolar 2, hence the late diagnosis at the age of 57.

My psychiatrist is assessing the diagnosis and is no longer certain, now considering maybe an anxiety disorder. think bipolar2/anxiety disorder are both pheasable.

I feel I have been anxious all my life and masking depression, I think the manic behaviour has been a result of trying to escape or fix my anxiety.

Now I am taking lamotrigine I feel like the mask has come off, I am no longer manic (or as manic) but I also can’t escape the depression I have been masking.

Can anyone relate? I told my daughter they are reconsidering the diagnosis and I could see she was anxious about this.

I explained I am doing much better and she agrees but only since I have been medicated.

Can anyone relate?

#Bipolar2
#AnxietyDisorder
#Stress

I’m curious, I’ve been taking low dose lamotrigine now for around 6 months. At first I felt a shift, I felt more centred and each day I get a sense that I think differently, I am making better choices, my thought patterns feel more coherent, can anyone relate.

I feel like I’m only mildly on the spectrum of bipolar 2, hence the late diagnosis at the age of 57.

My psychiatrist is assessing the diagnosis and is no longer certain, now considering maybe an anxiety disorder. think bipolar2/anxiety disorder are both pheasable.

I feel I have been anxious all my life and masking depression, I think the manic behaviour has been a result of trying to escape or fix my anxiety.

Now I am taking lamotrigine I feel like the mask has come off, I am no longer manic (or as manic) but I also can’t escape the depression I have been masking.

Can anyone relate? I told my daughter they are reconsidering the diagnosis and I could see she was anxious about this.

I explained I am doing much better and she agrees but only since I have been medicated.

Can anyone relate?

#Bipolar2
#AnxietyDisorder
#Stress