PatientsLikeMe : DarkJoyBrightPain's Mood Conditions Profile

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Status: Member since: 08/08; Last updated: 11/17/09; Last login: 09/04/09

DarkJoyBrightPain: Sex: F; Data Quality: 1 star; Bipolar; Depression: 2; Emotional: 1; Compulsion: 1; Anxiety: 2; Mania: 0; Physical: 2; External Stress: Severe; Rx Therapy; 36 F; Function: Moderate; Distress: Low; See profile

DarkJoyBrightPain: Female, 36 years; Davis, CA

Condition History: Bipolar

Profile Activity: 53 Views

About Me: Born, raised, and never leaving Northern California. How it was... Diagnosed after mental breakdown in 1996 - senior year of college. I was 23. Medicated but still drinking/self-medicating with marijuana. Got sober after destroying several relationships with alcoholic behavior. I was 27. How it is now... Me= 35 yrs. Family = 2 bipolar adults and 1 bipolar child makes life interesting and sometimes very overwhelming! We are all medicated and going to therapy. We all do the best we can to care for each other.