Information and opinions on health from Thom at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/676728/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/676728/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/676728/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/132425/depressive-cycle Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:54:36 -0500 Thom 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 fogged.   The change in mood started with a sense of impending doom. Nothing had changed in my life, but it... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/132425/depressive-cycle http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/103143/bipolar-disorder Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:47:45 -0500 Thom 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, happy, then crying, concerned, confused, frustrated. Images of us running by Niagara Falls in... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/103143/bipolar-disorder http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/103057/mixed-episodes Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:00:13 -0500 Thom 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 also the possibility of what I was experiencing being a mixed episode and Bipolar Disorder could be... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/103057/mixed-episodes http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/102943/bipolar-theme Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:14:26 -0500 Thom 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 we are apart i don’t go numb. i feel the nothing acutely, hear a kidnapper sharpening a... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/102943/bipolar-theme http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/102929/upswing Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:52:19 -0500 Thom 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 Downs are usually of a much longer duration than my Ups. (I often refer to manic episodes as Ups or... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/676728/102929/upswing