Sleuthtoes

Not OPs but if you haven’t already heard of her, Kay Redfield Jamison is a PhD level psychologist and has written a lot in her books about having bipolar while in rigorous academic settings. IMO her book an Unquiet Mind is worth reading. For what it’s worth, I have BP & also planning on pursuing higher education. I completely get it, shit’s tough

Edit: didn’t see the reply below when I posted this, but I definitely second the recommendation!

Thanks for doing this AMA! I know that you have looked into the genetic factors of this disease and not found much, but I was wondering if you were at all worried about the possibility of it being passed to your children? As someone who has some mental problems that could possibly be passed down to biological children it's something I've thought a lot about.