There are alot of people who are looking for support groups. All you have to do is search for bipolar support...then put in your city and state. You can also look under NAMI that is below each page here. Good luck to you!
... where I live, NAMI has one support group for families, a peer-led support group that's oriented to disabled consumers (no help for issues like "I'm not doing great at work and concerned about whether people are going to start to suspect ... "); DBSA support group has some working professionals, but they work in govt or are self-employed, so they don't have to worry about getting "laid off" if they're "found out" and the advice about how to handle workplace issues is what you'd expect for those circumstances. ("Take as much time off as you need to: your health is most important." Yeah, for sure: four days out when I was Cymbalta-suicidal lost me my last job. The people in these support groups are employed on a really different planet.)
So far, the best support group I've been to is Survivors of Suicide -- which isn't about my own illness, but it is very supportive relative something I've had to deal with. Also a 12-step group ... again, nothing to do with dealing with BP. I'm constantly surprised to hear that people have good support groups for BP where they live.
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... where I live, NAMI has one support group for families, a peer-led support group that's oriented to disabled consumers (no help for issues like "I'm not doing great at work and concerned about whether people are going to start to suspect ... "); DBSA support group has some working professionals, but they work in govt or are self-employed, so they don't have to worry about getting "laid off" if they're "found out" and the advice about how to handle workplace issues is what you'd expect for those circumstances. ("Take as much time off as you need to: your health is most important." Yeah, for sure: four days out when I was Cymbalta-suicidal lost me my last job. The people in these support groups are employed on a really different planet.)
So far, the best support group I've been to is Survivors of Suicide -- which isn't about my own illness, but it is very supportive relative something I've had to deal with. Also a 12-step group ... again, nothing to do with dealing with BP. I'm constantly surprised to hear that people have good support groups for BP where they live.