Today I got married, to Lithium the gold standard does everything but the washing wonder drug for Bi-polar people, it seems im going to be on it and the other cocktail of medication I take pretty much for life. Im not sure how I feel about that, being told that in effect your disabled @ 26 is hard and that you might get better but you will never be cured that I have to learn to live with it rather than letting it control my life....EVERYTHING iv'e known from a child has to be turned on its head now, no more being fiercely independent, no more trying to cope alone, now I have to ask for help and accept help from all kinds of agencies social sevices, CMHT, drs, Pych.

Its hard