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What time is it there for you? Psychiatrists get pretty busy with certain patients or paperwork. Yours might have a dedicated time to reply to messages during her day. If you feel like you can’t talk to anyone else about how you’re feeling like a family member or close friend, I’d recommend either calling or texting 988 to at least connect with someone who is unbiased and anonymous. While they might not be able to give you good advice because they don’t know your specific symptoms and coping skills, it can help you get stuff off your chest. I’m glad you’re utilizing your psychiatrist but a huge majority of being bipolar is finding the skills to cope with the help of medication, not relying solely on meds. Especially since it can take a really long time to find the ones that work for you. My therapist pointed me toward This workbook to help find coping skills that work for you and recognize certain symptoms so you can manage them before it gets worse. I don’t know how long you’ve been dealing with your meds or diagnosis but this helped me a lot early on.