Bipolar | Depression On My Mind

The guilt of the mentally ill parent

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

I got sober within hours of my husband and I splitting up. That was 11 years ago. Our daughter was 6. She is about to turn turn 18 and we are in college application hell. ...

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Dual diagnosis: “Many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest”

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. Chapter 5, ...

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Depression lesson: Play nice

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

I do not like to make sweeping generalizations but after this week, I am comfortable saying this: We are not nice. We are not tolerant. We do not play well together. I had to sign a permission ...

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My mania: Do you really want to get in the ring with me?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Hey, I have an idea... When you are bipolar - even just hypomanic like me - you have lots of ideas. Tons of ideas. Sometimes they come out of nowhere and zap me like static electricity. ...

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Depression: The thief that took my joy

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

On my bedside table there are stacks of books, most on depression. On the table next to my beside table, there are stacks of book, most on depression. I have not read any of them. ...

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My triplets: Depression, Bipolar, Alcoholism

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

I hit the mental illness trifecta. I have depression, bipolar AND alcoholism. I think of them as my wiley little triplets. If one wants to take a nap, the other two won't have it. They ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Another Irresponsible Doctor

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

So, looks like we have ANOTHER doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed a celeb. This time it's Michael Jackson's doctor. Apparently, Jackson's doctor injected propofol - a powerful anesthetic- to Jackson the night he ...

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Romanticizing my mania

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

I am blessed to have a friend with bipolar. She called me a couple of days ago after reading about how much I liked my mania. She likes her mania, too. Our manic espisodes are ...

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Psychiatry v Anti-Psychiatry

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

What is up with Dr. Thomas Szasz? I know Szasz is the name to drop when I want to rile up a debate about the state of psychiatry in America. As a proponent of the Anti-Psychiatry ...

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Mania, I love it!

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

I'm manic. I'm up. I'm tearing it up. I realized it yesterday while I was in a meeting with one of the paper's top editors. Ideas came flying out of my mouth. Damn good ideas, I ...

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