Hey, everyone.
I'm all brand new here, as in I just made an account about fifteen minutes ago. I saw this place suggested on Facebook (Oh, Facebook, you're always trying to look out for me) and thought it looked like a friendly sort of place. So, here I am!
A bit about me … I'm sure you want to know what it is that brought me here - aside from Facebook - more than you want to know my favourite colour. I won't bore you with that detail. I'm kidding, I absolutely will: it's purple. Anyway, serious time: I'm nineteen and when I was eighteen I was diagnosed with Bipolar II. If you're not 100% on what that is, it's a form of Bipolar where I sometimes feel pretty good, but it never reaches the manic level of Bipolar I. Mostly I feel very depressed, as there are more often periods of depression than good time feelings (hypomania, if you wanna be fancy). It's cyclic, so it, y'know, goes in a big cycle. Sometimes I wake up and think, 'oh no, it's gonna be a bad couple days, isn't it.' And it is.
A little bit more on hypomania: I tend to get very talkative and my thoughts go a bit all over the place, so my train of thought is hard to follow for anyone who has to hear it (I'm pretty sure I'm quite annoying). But, like I said, it's more common that I'll experience depression than I will hypomania.
As a silver lining, though, I've been on the correct medication for a while now (there was a long period of depression before diagnosis, so I was treated for depression. That was, unfortunately, not the right thing to be treating me for) and things are mostly okay. I'm pretty level 90% of the time. I also have OCD, which is unpleasant, but has greatly improved after I commenced treatment late last year.
Aaaand, that's about it! I'd love to get to know some people on here and have some nice chats. I'm happy to listen to anyone! Oh, and you might have guessed from my username, I absolutely love David Bowie. So, if anyone else is a fan, you're gonna be my best friend, just sayin'.
I think I've rambled long enough, so I'll get off the stage now. (:
