Hey y’all, I was just diagnosed as bipolar yesterday (I’m not too surprised), after my first real hypomanic episode. I had had smaller hypomanic episodes, but since this was the first real one, so my doctors finally made the diagnosis. I had a small stay in a mental hospital, and was battling undiagnosed depression and anxiety for years, up until a few months ago.

I come from amazing parents, am well-off, and have very mild mania symptoms, but decently strong depression ones. 

I’m moving to college in two weeks, out of state, away from everyone I know, and turning 18 in a month. And I’m honestly lost. I want to fight this as hard as I can, because I’ve seen extended family members with it who didnt, and I refuse to end up like them. But I have zero idea where to start. I’m on meds, with a good therapist and psychiatrist (but I need to get new ones because I’m moving so far). 

Literally any advice would be amazing. Whether about school, work, meds, managing this. Literally anything. I’m concerned about how I’ll tell people when in college, dating long term, and I’m honestly still a little in denial about it.

Literally any advice would be amazing, because y’all are still here at whatever age older than me you are, and thats where I want to be in the future. God bless yall, and thanks to anyone who even read this far!