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I have just recently gotten my bipolar 2 diagnosis. while I have been diagnosed with depression for awhile this just makes more sense. But after finding out I feel like someone drifting away with no direction. I don't know what is wrong with me, I'm even pulling away from my husband. I know he is bothered and just doing everything he can to be what I need right now. but despite all of this I feel like I have no one. no one understands what I am feeling or going through around me. on top of that we are trying to conceive but now I just feel like maybe it's not the best idea. my husband is wonderful, amazing, patient and kind. through this he has been nothing but gentle. but despite all of this I feel like a let down. what if our kids get stuck with my limits and not all the amazing things about my husband. I honestly just feel like I'm drowning. I'm in therapy and it's helping, but I am just overwhelmed.

    • lightjedi76

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      This won't help much but...I am now 2.5years since diagnosis. I spent the first year feeling so alone and completely lost. Terrified about what might happen, what it might mean for my family (2 young children and wife). Completely clueless about what to look out for, what to do, who to turn to. For the past 6 months or so I have been feeling better...as in more 'normal' and stable...almost like the whole diagnosis thing was a bad dream. In the past few weeks, I think I am entering a downward slide, and I am terrified. But all we can do is keep trying, every day, to stay positive and to use whatever support we can find. Your husband will have no clue how you feel, but he is there for you. He doesn't need to know how you feel, he just needs to know that you need emotional support, and it sounds like he is giving you that. Embrace it. Hold onto that feeling. I don't know what I would do without my wife. But I tell her when I am struggling, and she simply asks 'what can she do'. Sometimes it is distract me, other times it is give me space. But you will come through it. I sound like I know what I am talking about, but I am making it up as I go along(!) Muddling through. It is all we can do. Good luck. It will look brighter eventually šŸ˜Š

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