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Thom

I'm a poet and writer, living with Bipolar for 15 years. Working on PhD in Epidemiology

You Don't Have Mixed Episodes

In the beginning before I was diagnosed with Bipolar Type I, my psychiatrist and psychologist couldn't agree on how to classify my symptoms. I actually thought I was schizophrenic, despite my deeply rooted fear of the word. I was extremely afraid that I was right. I didn't want to be schizophrenic, but what other explanation was there? There was... Read more Chevron

posted 02/06/2010, comments (6)|

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Yogabro98

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Recently diagnosed Bi-polar Type I on my 2nd deployment to Iraq

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A reflection of my life up on being diagnosed Type I Bipolar.

This is a reflection of my life, back then I looked at it all as just normal actions of a normal person. In being diagnosed Type I Bi-polar disorder, and doing research on the disease, I have come to understand myself a little more, not totally and there are a great many things I do not understand yet and maybe never will. This... Read more Chevron

posted 01/28/2010, comments (0)|

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ChsgGnosis

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Functional but not thriving. Struggling to reach potential.

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Recently diagnosed and new to this site - wanted to introduce myself.

I stumbled into this site yesterday through my usual web-wide research on bipolar disorder and found some very helpful posts. The support here seems to be genuine and the introductory materials were great. Thank you. I was officially diagnosed two years ago (bipolar II) after a major depressive episode, but seem to be... Read more Chevron

posted 01/15/2010, comments (4)|

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Toby

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I, too, Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (with Audacious Liberties by Toby)The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and... Read more Chevron

posted 12/22/2009, comments (4)|

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future12

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is this true?

i am new to the bipolar diagnosis and have been looking around this site for information and i found this posting in the message board section under friends and family. is this true of all folks with bp cause if so these leaves me very hopeless feeling in that i am not like this at all? will the bipolar make me this way? this... Read more Chevron

posted 12/08/2009, comments (0)|

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