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Re:Ask HN: Washed up at 40 when you're crazy? by thanatropism on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:56AM (#17958858)
I'm diagnosed BP2 (kind of BP-NOS really but that's what it sas on my chart) and have been taking medication for... I think it's 12 years now.

Meds take time to work. Weeks to even make you feel different, months to stabilize, years to "fix" you.

I have something of a cyclic regularity to my episodes (although what I have hasn't been clear cut episodes for a few years now) and I can see it getting better year after year.

So if you're not in a consistent regime of daily medications right now, you need to find one. The way out is through.

(Finally: maybe you can get disability welfsre where you live.)

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Re:Ask HN: Washed up at 40 when you're crazy? by burnoutsysadmin on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:35AM (#17959118)
> I have something of a cyclic regularity to my episodes (although what I have hasn't been clear cut episodes for a few years now) and I can see it getting better year after year.

I'm jealous of regularity. I'm ultradian cycling, they can last months, or days. As I get older, I don't get the joy of the manic highs anymore. I miss that quite a bit.

I'm from America, but don't live there, there's really not much of a social fabric. I couldn't even pay child support off of what I'd get, and I'd have to physically be in-country to qualify for any of that.

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