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915369 tn?1355314810

Support Meetings?

Has anyone ever been to a support meeting before? I saw a sign posted that says there's one for people with mood disorders on Mondays and Fridays downtown and I'm kind of interested in going. I'm just not sure how it would help, I've never been to anything like this before and I'm kind of anxious about it. What happens at them? I mean, with my diagnosis tossed up in the air right now because I'm between doctors and I'm sure whoever I see next will want to evaluate me all over again, it's either borderline or bipolar, that's what it kept changing between before when I did have doctors.
Would I benefit from going?
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952564 tn?1268368647
I have been to many as well. Most were right after my mom died when I was a kid. It wasn't helpful to me at that time. I was in too much turmoil and too unwilling to reach out for help.

The last one I went to was after I had my son when I was on Abilify in 2006. I shortly came to realize the support group they had put me into was for people with anger problems who were ordered to be there by the courts. I was in sever trauma and also postpartum depression not to mention my bipolar at that time. So, yeah, that group was really useless to me. Every meeting I was just the girl curled up in a ball crying, but due to that state's form of Medicaid, I was unable to see someone one on one.

But, that doesn't mean they're not helpful. I just didn't have a good experience.
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585414 tn?1288941302
Depends on the group. I've been to many. Some can be supportive. Others can have people who feed off each other's misery. Each one is different and some are better than others depending how they are facilitated and how the people who attend interact. Worth a try for sure.
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