new to forum not to bipolar

Hi folks. Glad I found your forum. I was diagnosed with Bipolar II when I checked myself into hospital in 2001; took Lithium for years, and changed to Lamictal december 2011. It has been a wonderful change, lifted the fog, stopped me from constantly falling off my horse lol. I still have breakthrough to mania and pretty bad depression, have bad thoughts, and am hoping I can learn more about this cycling from y'all.

I also have had Lyme disease for over two years. I am also seeing a former Special Forces Airborne Ranger who was a combat medic with PTSd--at least I think we are still seeing each other. It is real challenge for two broken people to be together.
Sorry I've edited this so much.

Thank you for providing this helpful, safe sanctuary.

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne

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Hey Happy Turtle, Thanks for the welcome! I'm so glad to hear you and your lady are working to have a successful relationship . . . it can be so very challenging. I get to see my Ranger maybe two times a month--he rolls pretty hard, too, sometimes I wonder if he doesn't have BI, but we text every day--that connection really helps me alot.

I'm finding the breaking through on lamotrigine to be very distressing, but much of it has to do with a very stressful retail job (I was an art educator K-12 and University for 28 years) and living in true financial poverty ever since leaving 6 years ago, even on this job--trying to just survive from day to day puts the kibosh on much of life, but I also strive to stay very positive EVERY day--helps enormously with the Lyme. Seems like we don't have just the one challenge in our lives, but many, physical and mental.

Sorry to hear about the retinapathy. . . my vision has been deteriorating because of the Lyme. Arrrggghhh.