Kurt Vonnegut, one of my all-time favorite authors, died this week at the age of 84. His 19 novels and dozens of short stories, essays and plays, made him world-famous, but many people may not know that he suffered from depression all his life and attempted suicide with pills and alcohol in 1984. He was a humorist, a skeptic, and a... Read more
At our last bipolar support group meeting, one of our members mentioned that he had had a terrible reaction to Risperdal. Instead of helping calm him down, the Risperdal made him so jittery he thought he might jump out of his skin. Another member said she was prescribed Risperdal to help her sleep, and was knocked out for two days. A third... Read more
When young people first come out of a hospital diagnosed with a mental illness, they are often too ill to immediately return to school or work, yet they still need someplace to go and something to do. This is what motivated Carole Stone of Ithaca, New York, to work with others to form a board and incorporate Compos Mentis: Working Toward... Read more
Those of us who get a milder form of mania called hypomania, in which the symptoms are not as severe and certainly never require hospitalization, are said to have Bipolar II in contrast to Bipolar I. But very often, because we only complain about our depressions and actually welcome the hypomania, we are misdiagnosed.That is exactly what... Read more
“Wake up, Lynne!”I’m in one of those moods where I’m doubting everything I’m doing and want to make major changes. Just get me out of the status quo. I think I need a road trip. But wait. I had one a couple weekends ago, and it didn’t seem to help. I think I need a break from winter. Temps have... Read more
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