A boring update
Once again, I’ve left it too long since I’ve written here. Again, mostly because nothing much has been going on. In terms of mental health, that is. In the rest of my life, I’m close to landing a great new job and I’ve started seeing a great new guy. But this isn’t the place for those challenges. All I’ll say is that the guy is a friend of my AIM friend, so he’s aware of mental health issues because of her, and he’s so far the opposite of the last guy I dated, in that he understands the medications. Phew!
In terms of mental health, I’ve been doing pretty well. Still having some ups and downs, but that’s normal, and nothing too far in either direction to be worried (well, maybe a couple of lows here and there that have kept me from doing things, but not nearly as bad as previously). Dr. A increased my anti-depressant a few weeks ago, and that seems to be working out well. (60 mg of Cipralex, if you’re interested.)
I also got an email from a reader of the blog that just absolutely made my day. She was looking into the AIM program, as she’s thinking about doing it, and wanted some more information. She said she can’t talk to many people about her illness and was happy to find my blog to see that she’s not the only one dealing with these things. Like I said, made my day. I was so happy she found the blog informative and helpful. We’ve exchanged a few emails — both of us venting to each other and me giving her as much info about AIM as possible.
It made me realize that I should write more about the program. Because I think it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever done for my mental health. Not even the actual program so much as the people I met there. Being able to talk to people like me, learn from each other, and lean on each other — those were the main things I took from AIM. Don’t get me wrong, the actual program is fantastic. But the support group I’ve gotten out of it is the best thing. It’s probably the reason I haven’t been venting here — now I have a group of people I see once a week where I can say everything I’m dealing with and have them support me, listen to me, give me advice or just a hug (and lots of laughs!). It’s amazing. These people are quickly becoming some of the most important people in my life. They’ll never know how much they mean to me (unless they read this!). And I love being able to listen to them, help them if I can, or just be there to give a hug. They’re taking the place of the blog!
So I’m going to try to stop that from happening, and keep posting here. But for now, I can say that I’m as close to happy as I’ve been in a long time. I have my amazing friends who have been there for me from the beginning and a new set of friends who understand me in a way few others can. And I have a great new guy who makes me feel beautiful even when I’m not, and who’s quickly becoming very important to me.
It’s a nice feeling.
Tagged with: AIM • bipolar • CAMH • Cipralex