Information and opinions on Bipolar from uswalker at BipolarConnect.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20526/bipolar-sculpture Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:28:00 -0000 uswalker I never did share my art with my new friends ... think you might like the piece entitled "Bi-Polar." You may see a lot of my personality in my work as well as my disease. Enjoy.  Louie http://rochonsculpture.artspan.com/ http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20526/bipolar-sculpture http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20487/miracle-good-dog Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:24:00 -0000 uswalker The Story of how 'Daily Good Dog Feedings' Started. It is one of those stories that can change your life, forever, igniting a spark of hope and offering up a powerfully effective yet simple technique. The story of the Good Dog has changed my life forever and as you will see, the lives of many others around the world.   Often, when I'm suffering from my mental illness, (Bi-Polar II), mania and depression as well as... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20487/miracle-good-dog http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20093/good-dog-bad-dog Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:39:00 -0000 uswalker  This SharePost is a response letter to a friend from this forum as it represented where my head is at this am.  Hope you don't mind, MC. Dear MC, Thanks for your comments. It's true that when I write, I challenge my intentions; it's almost like I have discussions with my 'self,' on paper. Hey, why not? We do it all the time in our heads. It's kind of fun when you write it down as you can actually... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20093/good-dog-bad-dog http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20068/spite-demons Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:38:00 -0000 uswalker  I received a nice email from a friend, which prompted some thoughts about moving forward in-spite of this damned disease ... here goes ... Thanks for your comments about me being so 'upbeat and positive.' I am not always that way and today has been a one step backward day. I'm in between meds and have really dipped into some bad depression and mania hitting at the same time. God I hate that combination.  Another... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/20068/spite-demons http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19942/vaccine Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:09:00 -0000 uswalker  About a year ago, I started writing a daily email inspirational to my son, entitled 'Daily Good Dog Feeding,' which I started to help myself first thing in the morning to point my head in the right direction. It's helped me a lot. Since then, it has taken on a life of it's own, spreading all over the planet. Must be helping other people point their head in the right direction as well. Anyway ... I have been struggling... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19942/vaccine http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19827/doctor-story Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:47:00 -0000 uswalker   Looking back over what I have written, I apologize (no, I don't) for ranting a bit ... I am a bit, a BIT manic right now, and blurted out some memories about when I finally broke down and did what I needed to do to get help. It's helped me. Here it goes ... I have learned to be very careful with who I share my mental ilnness issues with, as I do with my alcoholism. Unfortunately, there is still so much misunderstanding... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19827/doctor-story http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19789/give Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:12:00 -0000 uswalker  I received a letter from a new friend, expressing her gratitude for helping her to understand what her boyfriend is going through with his struggle with mental illness. As I am undergoing withdrawal from a medication and am somewhat manic and dipping into depression, I am using my illness to my advantage ny writing about my condition, while I am in my condition. Thought I would share this. This is part of my recovery. 1/29/08Dear... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19789/give http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19737/awakenings Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:36:00 -0000 uswalker  "Awakenings"For six months now, I have been incredibly blessed, having experienced the precious gift of sanity, a reprieve from a life-long battle with depression and anxiety. I had never known what it felt like to be able to start a day without suffering from paralyzing fear and the darkness of the soul - depression and mania, a condition finally diagnosed accurately as Bi-Polar II. For me, each day felt like a life and death... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19737/awakenings http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19683/hell-bpii Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:05:00 -0000 uswalker  My name is Louie Rochon.    I am a 54 year old sculptor, living on Whidbey Island, WA. I have, up until recently, suffered horrendously most of my life from undiagnosed and misdiagnosed BP II ...  until a year ago.  Most of my life,  I have crawled through hell, feeling alienated, freakish and ashamed.  I am so grateful that I didn't 'literallly' squeeze the... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/14055/19683/hell-bpii