Struggling with Bipolar and BPD at 18

omfg I'm so sorry :( Some therapists are horrible- LIKE THAT ONE! Finding a good one can take a couple of tries but it's worth it. Rn I'm in a clinic of residents, so I work with 3 of them for a year then they move on from DBT and I get a set of new ones. Every therapist I've seen has been super helpful and I'm paying $10 a week with no insurance because they're kind of new. The guy I'm working with rn is amazing even though technically he's still a resident. And all of the doctors I've worked with are better than the 55+yo I've seen because they're all millenials and understand LGBTQ+ better. IDK if you can get access to a clinic like this but the one I go to is in Central IL if you're anywhere close.

I totally relate to this. I recently found out I have both and it seems overwhelming. I was recently told they might be able to manage my rapid cycling better.

Learning how to cope in a healthy way is so hard. Learning to stop, think, and breath before major anger +/ anxiety attacks is ridiculous. My medicine has helped me with the diagnoses but I still struggle a lot (especially with the depression lows rn and dealing with 50+ family members since I changed my name) Have you tried DBT therapy? It's helped me more than I realize.

I've never related to something as much as this!!! I was diagnosed with BPD and Bipolar at 18 and I came out as nonbinary two months ago (at 23) but truly I think I'm a male (Im AFAB). It's so confusing and hard to deal with, especially the homophobia in my family. It's hard but we will move through this.