Wow! what a great message! You called your post an "article"..not sure if you have shared it elsewhere but you really should because it's filled with hope...that elusive thing for so many.
You fought the beast of depression and continue daily to fight it and win.
Two requests I'm going to make...that you share it on the BiPolar forum....here is the link...
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum38.html
And I'm hoping a moderator will separate your post into paragraphs which will make it much easier to read.
Thank you...thank you!! Great to meet you...stick around.