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Hi, there! Thank you for stopping by. Posting resources you find is allowed - and encouraged! "No promotion" only refers to promoting content for which you would get paid. Please let me know if you have any other questions :)
Hi and welcome! I have bipolar 1 myself, diagnosed about 7 years ago. How are you handling the diagnosis, if you don't mind me asking? I remember having a tough time while also being relieved I know what I have.
Honestly I'm just happy my medication (lamotrigin) works as well as it does. I'm not too hung up on the diagnosis itself (even though there's a lot of stigma surrounding bipolar diagnoses), since I've been on and off anti-depressants for more than half my life now, nothing much matters outside of me feeling more like myself