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JackieO on Bipolar
Thursday, July 03 2008
About a month and a half ago, I lost my job. I've never been fired before. Supposedly it was a downsizing; our marketing firm lost some major accounts and I was the casualty. However, I suspect that, ultimately, it was because I told about my bipolar. The out-of-the-box ideas and counsel that were once innovative and fresh became questionable and... Read more
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JackieO on Bipolar
Monday, February 11 2008
I pingpong back and forth between wanting to tell people about my disorder and not. Unfortunately, during a vulnerable moment I told some people at work. Now I wish I hadn't. I ping'ed when I should have pong'ed. I feel like every time I get stressed out about something or the least bit irritable, my boss is looking at me... Read more
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JackieO on Bipolar
Monday, November 19 2007
I'm gushing. Full of thoughts with no one to tell and no where to go. A couple glasses of wine and I turn on like a faucet. I love to hold court in my den and luckily my husband is a social butterfly so there's always a batch of subjects to engage. Alas, tonight he's fixated on Monday night football, so it's me and my computer and... Read more
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JackieO on Bipolar
Sunday, November 18 2007
I always know when I'm getting ready to spin when...I mind-readI am painfully jealousI close my eyes and see flickering lightsEveryone annoys me Everything bores meI prefer sleeping and dreams to real lifeI am super sensitive to light and soundI see things that aren't there out of the corner of my eyeI can't get enough saltMy... Read more
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JackieO on Bipolar
Sunday, November 18 2007
I take symbyax but have read a book recently called Depression Free for Life. It talks a lot about a variety of vitamins and supplements and wondered if anybody else had luck with these. It gives recommendations of what you should take if you have low dopamine levels for instance. The trick I guess, is knowing what I have low levels of.
