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People Who Are Living With Bipolar Disorder

John McManamy

John McManamy, Health Guide

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Author and Advocate

Dark and Evil Thoughts (Plus the Neighborhood Parrot) - The Bipolar Question of the Week

Do you ever entertain dark and evil thoughts? Here’s the situation: Below me lives an old woman with an outdoor cat. I know the cat’s name, but not its owner’s. I work from home, so I am treated to daily choruses of “Here, Mufasa! Fassi, Fassi! Where are you?” Don’t get me wrong. I adore cats, and Fassi is a... Read moreChevron
Tabby

Slow and some painful realizations...

I am beginning to "see" or "realize" that I'm not to have my safe little rabbit hole and I cannot make what I have be that of what I need. It's not that I have to have my own little safe rabbit hole... it's that I need my own safe little rabbit hole.. that is MINE.   It is that I need to feel safe... to have a place to touch and ground... Read moreChevron
Of-Two-Minds about it

A Series of Stops and Starts

... or maybe off and on. My life, my days, my mind. First, let me acknowledge all of you hanging in there with your own lives, challenges, fighting the good fight, and offering support, encouragement, and insight to others. You are all important and your daily struggle is like that fiery furnace that forges (hopefully) something good and strong in... Read moreChevron
cathryne

cathryne

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liviing with bipolar

Depression

Well, I do get depressed.  It's not like I'm riding the pink cloud for very long.  I wake up in the morning and just before true conciousness, sort of pre-counsness I would guess and I think of all the horrible things that I have done to mostly my kids in my life. Mt-6 schools in his shool years to where he never had friends and never... Read moreChevron
Marcia Purse

Marcia Purse, Health Guide

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I'm single, living alone, and currently coping not so well with my BP.

Feeding a Depressive Episode

I've talked before about having diabetes. Although type 2 diabetes does run in my family, I'm wholly convinced that the reason mine developed is that I gained SO much weight from psychiatric medications. I never had high blood pressure or high cholesterol before gaining this weight, and I never had blood sugar problems, either.   Another... Read moreChevron