Living with bipolar disorder is like riding on a never-ending roller coaster. Some days I’m up, others I’m down. Sometimes I’m sitting at baseline. Even when I’m at baseline, I still have to make sure I’m taking care of myself and managing my illness. It’s not easy and even when things are great, I’m in […]
Read More Living With Bipolar Disorder – Life UpdateOnce I began to accept my illness I was able to be more open with others about it. So where am I now? What changes have I made? As I sat in my former psychiatrist’s office listening to her ask questions about my symptoms… I knew what was coming next. I remember reading something about […]
Read More Bipolar Disorder Part 2 – Seeing the PositiveBefore being diagnosed with bipolar disorder I knew very little about what this illness truly was. At the time my diagnosis was major depression, and while I did quick Google searches here and there I never took the necessary steps to educate myself. Through out the years my mom would speak on what she believed […]
Read More Bipolar Disorder Part 1 – Being Diagnosed“Bipolar robs you of that which is you. It can take from you the very core of your being and replace it with something that is completely opposite of who and what you truly are. Because my bipolar went untreated for so long, I spent many years looking in the mirror and seeing a person […]
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