cgoehring78

Health Interests

bipolar disorder,  mental health,  bipolar symptoms,  bipolar disorder treatment,  bipolar disorder research,  bipolar disorder medications,  bipolar disorder and schizophrenia similarities,  bipolar disorder and families,  bipolar couples,  bipolar medication side effects,  bipolar behavior and medications

Drugs I am Taking

Trileptal,  Topamax,  Effexor

About Me

48 years old, Colorado native, diagnosed at 41 years old, married 25 years, husband has Generalized Anxiety Disorder as a service-related disability from Vietnam (we're both a mess - but a loving mess), one sister, married, with two sons.

I'm intuitive, smart, gentle and loving, Christian with a strong faith in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Passion for animals - I have a dying Yellow Lab with cancer and 3 pet rats - one is elderly.

Work part-time as an Executive Secretary with limited capacity due to meds. Grateful to have a job and blessed with a compassionate and patient boss.

My father passed away in 1998 - he was my best friend, mentor, buddy. He was also an alcoholic who chain-smoked; a fantastic artist and a lost soul in this world.

My mother is still alive and is my family rock, my refuge on earth and my little soldier.

My husband is my strength, my best friend and my protector.

I hate my illness so I take my meds regularly.