New to this forum

Hi, all!

I'm 42; have been diagnosed since early adulthood with depression, gen anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder. about 4 months ago all of the puzzle pieces of me seemed to come together with my pdoc and she dx'd me with Cyclothymia. Been a long, LONG road to this point, but am now finally on what seems to be a good-fit combo of meds; the dx and subsequent placing onto mood stabilizers changed my world for the better.  Now that I'm in a place of much more balance, I'm trying to get used to this new feeling and also educate myself on the BP spectrum disorders so that I can most effectively manage my condition.  Am currently on another forum and LivingWell from that forum posted that she was starting up a chat group here, so I figured I'd give it a go... am open to any tools I can use to stay well

So, a hello to all and look forward to being part of this forum!!

-Koshka

ps: Cracked and LW, just changed my screen name here to Koshka... silly me... I don't want to confuse people with a buncha different names, so back to Koshka it tis

Thanks, tortoise11!

Hi Jamie!
Thx so much for the warm welcome Very glad, indeed, that I found you all... been perusing the postings and everyone seems so caring and supportive... just the kind of place I needed to find!

Hugs,
Koshka

Hi Awake! Thanks for the welcome Hugs to you!

Hey, thx so much!! Today has been a bit unnerving... am behind in my schoolwork (back in college to finish off degrees) and frazzled. Trying to take it one thing at a time and work myself back to being caught up. Managing, but mentally drained from trying so darned hard to keep myself calm and plugging forward.

Don't know where you're loc'd but hope you had a good day today too

Thanks so much, Forever Everyone seems very nice here and I absolutely agree that one of the steps in recovery is to seek out a support system like this. This disorder has dominated my life for too long... time to reign in the beast and effectively manage it. Hope you have a great day!!

Hugs,
K