Information and opinions on health from Linda 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/94119/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/94119/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/94119/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/51216/symbolism-phone Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:33:54 -0500 Linda I am sitting here on my break at work as I type this, listening to the chirping of my cell phone's battery dying in my coat pocket nearby and wishing I lived inside that phone.  Like me, it is broken.  It still makes and receives calls, but the battery dies very quickly, and it no longer has a working screen.  It is a pretty little pink phone that lives in my purse during the day and on the table at night, and it's badly in need... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/51216/symbolism-phone http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/47559/abyss Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:47:19 -0500 Linda In St. Elmo's Fire, one of my favorite movies, Andrew McCarthy tells Demi Moore, "Jules, there is the brink of insanity, and then there is the abyss, which clearly you have fallen into."  I love that line.   I have fallen into the abyss.  It's awful.  There is nothing I can do, and what's worse, I don't want to.  No one ever knows I am depressed because my disease manifests itself as a constant outward state of... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/47559/abyss http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/43518/read-book Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:45:09 -0400 Linda I just wanted to log on and let you all know about a fabulous book I just finished reading, "The Quiet Room".  It is by Lori Schiller, a true account by her and by her family and friends of her experiences with Schizo-affective Disorder.  Lori Schiller describes spending the better part of her adult life trying to deal with all of the manifestations of having a mixture of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a journey through hospitals... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/43518/read-book http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/43301/misunderstandings Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:40:50 -0400 Linda I wonder if it it my bipolar disorder that is to blame for this lifelong problem I have had being understood by anyone ... anyone at all.  I call it living in "Three's Company" ... I say black, they hear white.  I say rain (and I always say rain), they hear sun.  I have spent the past few weeks e-flirting with a guy on Facebook only to find out from my best friend that he thought I was a lesbian.  Most men actually do. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94119/43301/misunderstandings