Living With Bipolar II: Grace Ogren’s Journey Of Recovery And Resilience Overcome

Living with Bipolar II: Grace Ogren’s Journey of Recovery and Resilience

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In this powerful episode of Overcome: A Mental Health Podcast, host Travis White sits down with Grace Ogren, a clinical research specialist at Recovery.com, to explore what it’s really like to live with bipolar II disorder and navigate the long road to mental health recovery.

Grace opens up about her early struggles with depression, the 10-year path to an accurate diagnosis, and how finding the right treatment including mood stabilizers, ketamine therapy, and even a keto diet transformed her life. Together, they discuss the impact of misdiagnosis, the challenges of accessing care in rural areas, and why recovery requires both science and compassion.

This conversation offers hope to anyone battling depression, bipolar disorder, or burnout reminding us that healing is possible when we keep showing up, one day at a time.

What We Discuss

Grace’s personal journey from severe depression to accurate bipolar II diagnosis
The science behind bipolar treatment and how antidepressants can sometimes worsen symptoms
Her experience with ketamine therapy and why it didn’t work for everyone
How the keto diet affected her mental stability and mood
Overcoming stigma in small towns and improving rural mental health access
Finding support systems and rediscovering hope through family, writing, and recovery

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Grace’s Early Mental Health Struggles (00:02:30)

3. Receiving a Bipolar II Diagnosis (00:05:16)

4. The Long Road to the Right Treatment (00:08:39)

5. Growing Up in a Rural Town (00:12:04)

6. Navigating Medication Challenges (00:15:50)

7. Getting Through the Darkest Days (00:19:45)

8. Inside Ketamine Therapy (00:23:19)

9. Understanding Dissociation and Numbness (00:28:11)

10. The Power of Family Support (00:32:56)

11. A Message to Her Younger Self (00:36:42)

12. Shared Experiences & Taking Time to Heal (00:40:25)

13. The Keto Diet and Mental Health (00:43:09)

14. Fixing the System: Access & Waiting Times (00:46:19)

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