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Thom on Bipolar
Monday, February 21 2011
I had been without a depressive or manic episode for nearly six months. Unitl yesterday.
Without realizing it--being busy with my kids--I missed two days of taking my meds. Just two days and my entire world fell apart. In fact, I am surprised that I am even able to write this sharepost. My universe is dim, my head... Read more
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Thom on Bipolar
Sunday, February 07 2010
I received my divorce decree in the mail the other day. I thought I had comes to terms with it already, the separation and divorce, but it really hit me hard. This single piece of paper, making my divorce a legal fact, caused a rush of images to flood my mind.
I remembered the good and the bad, the images of my wife smiling, laughing,... Read more
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Thom on Bipolar
Saturday, February 06 2010
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
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Thom on Bipolar
Friday, February 05 2010
without you
can you see yourself folding? in half
at first because ceilings close in
when i am no Samson any longer
and my donkey jawbone is
misplaced. anyone could defeat us
now. for now. but these are cycles;
it is mental, meaning
synapses and neurotransmitters.
it is you who holds up my ceilings, for now,
and when... Read more
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Thom on Bipolar
Friday, February 05 2010
Having just come out of a short yet profoundly disturbing depression, I can say that yes I think my meds are working. This latest depression came on suddenly, but only lasted exactly one week. (On the eighth day, I rested.)
I do not usually experience such short bursts of Ups or Downs though I do have a documented history of rapid cycling. My... Read more
