Information and opinions on Bipolar from Samantha Weiland 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/87956 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/26524/bipolar-summer Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:43:08 -0000 Samantha Weiland        I'm lying on my bed with the dog and cat waiting for 7 PM to roll around so I can take my meds.  I've decided this is an O.K. time to get ready to go to sleep.  Once I take my pills it takes an hour and ½ to fall asleep.  8:30 is very early, but long ago I figured I could end my day then.  I hate summer.  The days are too long.  They ask too much from someone who only has so... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/26524/bipolar-summer http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/26523/bad-years Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:36:53 -0000 Samantha Weiland               My life had been starting to get more difficult.  I should have seen the signs.  My medications weren't doing their jobs.  Then there was the day they thought I'd had a stroke.               I was at work and all of a sudden I was slurring my words.  My face felt numb.  I called my... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/26523/bad-years http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/26522/rules-survival Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:29:54 -0000 Samantha Weiland                   I live a life of rigidity.  I've set it up that way.  Almost everything I do mustbe done in a certain manner at a certain time.   I could blame it on being bipolar, but I don't entirely. I've set my life up this way as protection; if I stray I can get in trouble.  Which is what happened last year, I relaxed the rules and... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/87956/26522/rules-survival