Last week was a long week. I had time off of work, but was volunteering at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and I came home Sunday night exhausted. I tried to make sure I was getting enough sleep, but clearly I wasn't. Monday I was a grump and in the evening I became really irritable. I got that overwhelming feeling to... Read more
So I went and saw Dad last weekend. Mom had asked me to come home as soon as possible because Dad was becoming rash and irritable. He is clearly bipolar, but refuses to get help. When I was there he was calmer, but still not right. The day after I left, Mom called even more frustrated than before I went--Dad was... Read more
I don't want to write about how I feel. I've never wanted to talk about how I feeeel. That's one of the reasons I wasn't diagnosed during my first episode--I didn't have a vocabulary for what I was experencing.
I know I'm going to post two entries today then decide that this is silly and forget all about this. "Hi my name is Lex and I'm bipolar." "Hi Lex!" (applause)After ten years of being crrrrazy (you must say it with a rolled r) it was finally identified.After ten years... Read more
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