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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acuriousfish 06/30/2016

Putting aside my issues with the site and DS - I want to see if I can do something positive.

So my suggestion is for asking you to contribute hits and tips for other members. Can be something simple, just post something.

I'll go first.

If you can't login, go to the login page. Click on "forgot password". You will get and e-mail with a link to the reset page. Unfortunately at the moment DS keeps logging people out and if it does you have to go through the process again. I've told them and they are trying to fix it.

Alot of us have gained a number of group memberships we don't want and it's not immediately obvious how to leave. Click on the orange "Joined" button and it will allow you to leave.

songstress1 06/30/2016

Hey Fish! Thanks for this post. I also am having the issue of continually being locked out of my acct. I keep having to re-set my password. Hope DS fixes this soon.

heretic55 06/30/2016

I have tried to come on this site 5 times since yesterday and every time I have been forced to reset my password. This is highly annoying. Thanks for trying to give good tips fish, I just wish the change had never happened. When I make a post or a reply, like now, I can only see one line of text, I can't look over what I have written unless I stop and scroll up and down. Again, this is very annoying. Why was DS so set on wrecking a good thing?

acuriousfish 06/30/2016

ok, another tip is that you can possibly see some dots in on the right hand side of the reply box, just below the orange "send" button. You can pull that to give you a bigger box

Till_Eulenspiegel 06/30/2016

Hi, Fish!!! I hate lots of this new stuff!!! (I like how what I'm now posting is looking though, compared to the tiny font that was in the beta stage!!) Is there or will there be a way to follow threads and receive email alerts about them or is that an unknown?

acuriousfish 06/30/2016

I get alerts - I can't find a way of turning them off. I think it's because the account part is only partially built. Yes I know, you would think they'd have completed before launching

beckyp 06/30/2016

Thanks for posting tips fish. It is very weird to start this all over, but I'm just hoping people won't become discouraged and stop coming. I need this group as I know all the others do too.

loum50 06/30/2016

I was so used to the other way. I feel lost.

heretic55 06/30/2016

Thanks so much for the tip on making this box bigger - tho the dots you told me to look for are light grey and hard to see, I'd have never found them unless you told me where to look. Can you tell me how to make the font bigger when I am creating a post? The font right now is fine but when I make a new post it is very tiny, hard to see.

Till_Eulenspiegel 06/30/2016

Thanks for the reply, Fish!

Jenniferswe 06/30/2016

I'M so glad to see you here.

acuriousfish 07/01/2016

giving this a bump

dobiedots 07/01/2016

Photos! What happened to our photos? I can't find them anywhere.

acuriousfish 07/01/2016

They were eaten by the developers dog. I think it's on the list. As said, right now I don't know what is on the developers "oops" "we are still building it" or "nope, that's the way things are, lalala"

songstress1 07/01/2016

One thing I'm liking is how the site looks on my mobile device. It is easy to use.

GildedLily 07/01/2016

For friend requests:

Go to your own profile to accept. You will see "notifications" in the upper right corner. Click on "notifications" and it will take you to your profile where you simply accept. Same process with messages.

I think.

Another tip: Never try to clip your bangs after three drinks.

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