Hi! I have posted a few comments here before, but I'll give a bit of information. I have Bipolar I and Borderline traits, among other things. I was diagnosed about 2 (or is it 3 now?) years ago. I recently graduated with my BA in Psychology. Both my mother (49) and daughter (7) have also been diagnosed Bipolar I.

I have a friend who works for my county mental health office. Specifically, she works in suicide prevention. She started a mental health blog a few months ago, and I decided to help out. It has been very therapeutic for me to write about my experiences.

Please consider checking out the blog, posting about your experiences. I posted this as a text post because I am not looking for karma or anything, just trying to help the community.
[Here is the link, if you are interested](http://mhsparc.blogspot.com/). I am Nikki K.