So glad you made it through! Looks like you’ve got a good support group you can reach out to. Sending warm thoughts for the coming week and hope it’s better.

Good on you and thank you for fighting. Thank you from your father and your friends and all the people you touch on a daily basis With your light.

Hold out for as long as you can. Reread what everyone else has kindly wrote you and take things day by day. You deserve to be here. Getting conned was not on you. You seem to have people that care about you and I’m sure they’ll be there if you let them.

I hope when I’m an old gnarly diabetic I have someone like you to take me for icecream! And I hope you’re still with us next year. Please stay hanging on friend.

The lithium isn’t really the problem my friend, it’s the person who hurt you. I know it’s hard to believe right now, but it’s true, I’m out of my depth here, and I don’t want to say more because I don’t have the right words, and I don’t want to say the wrong thing. I hope you understand that’s out of caring for your…

Your brain is being a big liar right now and telling you horrid untruths.

Glad that you’re reaching out to people here, I can only imagine how tough all of this must be for you. Everyone in your life should be proud of how responsibly you’re addressing your health, and I hope it improves soon. The people that aren’t sticking around for you will regret it when you are the sunshine in…

I can’t speak for everyone, but I have had 3 of them (one was an awful “bait and switch”), and it was a nightmare. Everything is taken away from you. If you are currently on meds, you probably won’t get them. If you ask for something, insist on something or just try to explain anything, you are treated like an…

Echoing @goddessoftransitory to say that hospitalization doesn’t have to be an end to anything; it can be a beginning. Two patients at my pharmacy in the last month were admitted involuntarily to the psych ward at one of our local hospitals after neighbors grew concerned about self-destructive and suicidal patterns.…

I wasn’t here last night so I’m sorry if this is late. I’m glad the lithium is helping, and not needing a crisis line is a definite improvement. Being bipolar is a battle that must be fought everyday, and you are logging victories on those fronts.

If your thoughts do go in a bad way, just remember: they are only thoughts. You don’t have to give them any power at all. I’m glad you’re improving, and even though you’re scared, you’re taking steps in the right direction. Don’t give up!

You made it through the night. Do you know what a champion you are?!!

I’m an internet stranger and I am happy you are here

You can do it! And going to the hospital isn’t an indication of failure—it’s showing you deserve to take care of yourself.

I remember you from last week. Glad you’re still around and still improving.

I just want to reach out with support. My husband has bipolar I, so I see the struggle daily. I hope you’ll let this internet stranger encourage you to hang in there and to congratulate you on all the hard work you’re doing. I’m so impressed that you’re working with doctors and trying medication and calling the crisis…

I think it says something very positive about you that you start off with sympathy for another commenter. And you’re willing to push yourself with regards to the social stuff, and call lines, and see your doctor, and consider a hospital stay (which I’ve heard various people say was a good step for them). I’m glad…

I have a friend who’s been suicidal for years. I am so glad she shared her feelings and experience with me, because it’s hard to be so vulnerable with another person and I treasure her and welcome the intimacy. But I am always afraid I will get news that she has killed herself. I have several gifts from her around my…

Years ago, I was unhappy with my life and felt the same way. So I packed up and moved across the country with about $1000 to my name. My life isn’t perfect but the realization that I can pack up and start over somewhere new has gotten me through some dark times. I realized that I had control over my own life and that…

Suicide eliminates the possibility of things getting better. And nobody here can tell you when or how to make things better, but you will not feel this forever. Please call one of the hotline numbers.