I've been talking lately about comorbid disorders because I, and I imagine you as well, live with one or more of them. My chart probably looks a lot like yours - bipolar, anxiety, and possibly others. It seems that everyone who has been diagnosed...
I Am Beautifully Bipolar And I Am Overweight
I am beautifully bipolar and overweight and I love myself. It is easy to hate - to hate the jiggle of your belly, the fact that you would never imagine a gap in your thighs. Hate is easy. Love is a lot more complicated....
Comorbid Disorders With Bipolar Disorder
Have you noticed that along with your own diagnosis of Bipolar 1 or Bipolar 2, other symptoms or diagnosed illnesses come along for the ride. These illnesses say, "She does not have quite enough yet on her plate, what with the and all bipolar...
Taking A Minute To Explain Bipolar Disorder
I am busy. You are busy. Heck, we are all busy. We have jobs and commutes and family. Life is a rush of things that go on with or without you. I hope you can find the gumption to participate, most of the time...
My Brave Disorder
The first time I remember feeling brave about my disorder is when I came out of the bipolar closet online. Very few people knew what I talked about when I said I was "sick" on an old personal blog. I titled the post "Be...
Bipolar Disorder Friendships
Connecting with people after your diagnosis can be harder than you think. Remember how difficult it may have been for you to come to terms with your diagnosis? If you were like me, you had never heard of the illness before, For others of...
Explaining Bipolar Disorder For National Mental Health Month
You did not think we would get our little bipolar butts out of national mental illness month with nary a thought or word about it, did you? Come on, you should know me better than that by now. So, here we are, on the...
5 Things People With Bipolar Disorder Can Do To Try Stability
Now, I am going to give you my suggestions and the suggestions I have picked up from professionals along the way on how to better myself. These thing will not cure your disease if that is what you were hoping, sorry. But my goal,...
10 Things You Should Never Say To Someone With Bipolar Disorder
There are a lot of things you should not say to someone living with bipolar. Off the top of my head, here are a few:
#1. It isn't even a real disease.
Can I please call 'bullshit' on this one? It is a chronic illness, diagnosed...
#1. It isn't even a real disease.
Can I please call 'bullshit' on this one? It is a chronic illness, diagnosed...
ECT And Me
Sorry I was away for a bit, dear reader. I went through some med changes, thus head changes and was confused and out of sorts, but I feel like things are becoming more under control now.
This week I went to a renowned teaching university...
This week I went to a renowned teaching university...
