Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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Anyone here ever been there? I was there about 7 years ago and then it fell apart (too many trolls and upsets at the time). Some friends of mine and I started our own "closed" group but recently I've had the urge to find a group like this. You all are very similar to the original DBSA, but smarter and more organized. I really like it here and hope to stick around for awhile (if that's OK). Oh..and if you had been on DBSA, I was Satera..(Satsy as some called me).
deleted_user
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Was this like some ancient civilisation, like the Egyptians..or the 60's
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lol!!! Sure Pluck, and you were their Pharoh!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I never heard of it but hello anyway !! Hi !
deleted_user
deleted_user
Another ancient civilization was the Aztecs LOL Welcome to DS :))
deleted_user
deleted_user
Kind of glad you haven't, Pluck. You would've been killer over there! They were actually the granddaddy of bipolar boards. It's done through NAMI (national association for mental illness). The DBSA was their forums for friends, family and people w/depression, bipolar, schizo realm of illnesses. It was the first time I realized I wasn't alone in this world in my struggles with bp. Life saver it was.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thanks for the explanation.I only got a computer a year and a bit ago.
I was ill from 1997 though.
In England..I couldn't find anything online.Although my psych says be wary.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Your psych is right. But at the time DBSA started, there were only a handful of members, including me. Then it caught on, exploded to 1300+ members. Things were OK then trolls began. We didn't know at first what a troll was because they hadn't existed anywhere before. People didn't know what the protocol was to handle all this stuff so the whole board sort of fell apart for awhile. I've never gone back since the whole troll business. Since then, people have become better aquainted w/dealing w/the little perps. A handfull of us formed a little closed group (to keep away the trolls) and we all became lifelong friends. Kind of nice but limiting.
dobiedots
dobiedots
Another one is ATLANTIS!!!
There was too much water for my taste so I moved to dry land. Where I met Donovan.
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Yeah.It's good here.it takes a while to get used to.Like you said about the trolls and general fuckwits.
It's a valuable place when it's glowing good.
Lovely, actually
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
Hi, I'm over there now. I started at the same time as here. Over there I am..wait a minute..oh yes, a_curious_fish. It seems fairly quiet, iirc there was some big fall out and a bunch of people left.
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I facilitate a live DBSA group. They have over 400 chapters and 1000 groups across the US.
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I was on DBSA for a while last year but I got boared with it. Found this sight about two mo. ago.
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