Peer Stories

I went to the Friends and Family support group with my parents because a family member had been diagnosed bipolar, That decision change the course of my life forever.

I found MDSG through a Google search and the is where my life began to change…I will never be alone thanks to this wonderful organization.

MDSG helped me regain my mind and started me firmly on the path to recovery. Thank God for MDSG.

Like so many people in our wonderful organization, MDSG changed my life…In the group that night, I discovered that I wasn’t alone.

When I came to MDSG, I already had my Symptoms from bipolar disorder under control, with the help of therapy and medication. But what I was missing was other people In my life, friends, but the kind of friends who could relate to what I was going through.

MDSG helped me save myself… I was consumed with depression, anxiety and a sense of hopelessness. And then I walked into The Mood Disorders Support Group of New York. That was 1992.