I Know About Bipolar Disorder

Each time people say "You're bipolar" or "so-and-so is bipolar" I secretly cringe inside. Anybody that has lived with a relative with bipolar knows it's not fun.The worst of it comes when they are off their meds or when they're bipolar...

I have known three people who have been diagnosed as bipolar. The first person I knew killed himself because he knew how hard it was on his parents to have him for a son, he never harmed anyone but himself. The second person I met was a...

I am not bipolar, but when I was in college (four decades ago) I loved a girl who was bipolar. She was two grades behind me in high school. I started dating her the summer after I graduated, and she became my girlfriend (with lots of...

I don't hear voices, except for that one time....
Just a question i'm asked a lot, while being psychoanalyzed.
I'm a supreme example of duality in man -
I represent all scales of emotion ( well, i do what i can.)

It's not a mistake, it...

My sister is bipolar. People can be cruel.   I get angry when someone refers to her as crazy.  She has an illness and that is all anyone needs to say.  Maybe it isn’t something that you can see the physical...

I have recently been taken off the med Risperidone due many side affects. Many of these side affects were never told to me and not listed anywhere. I complained to my psychiatrist only to be met with deaf ears. Finally my general...

From someone who Lived, and still Lives with someone who is bipolar, and even more someone who struggles with it every fucking day of her life, I understand, and know about bipolar disorder. The best thing anyone who has a Love one who...

I know what it is to love someone with bi polar. It's pain and confusion and anger and love and need and fulfillment. It's never knowing which way the shoe is going to drop but knowing somewhere in there is the person you deeply love.it...

Must've had yet another bout of mania.....sitting here hoping my meds kick in because i feel like i'm on the last hours of a good trip - as you start to come down and you can feel the gritty energy that you were so high on. My mind is...

....this entry may help you.  it's actually a letter i sent to a very important friend of mine, back in november of 05.  but, i was reading through some old letters and journal entries and i thought this one could probably...

I love my sister. I hate her mental illness. Perhaps it's understandable why someone would hate a debilitating mental illness that robs a loved one of their rational state of being, but I am also jealous of it. This insidious disease...

Mostly those who don't understand are not ok with my bipolar depression. I live a different life. They find that scary. I find it scary that they find it scary and I get anxiety. When I live my life for me....times I just don't...

I met my children’s’ father, “Bob”, in 1984 when I was 15.  We were a bi-racial couple in a small community during a time when inter-racial couples were NOT nearly as accepted as they are now.  My...

I was diagnosed at 16 as "bipolar". I mostly experienced the so called"Mania" but not much the depression at all...Extremely, Hyperactive, Grandiose thoughts, very little sleep, etc...I had all the symptoms It was...

I know all about phucking up....about finding faith
I'm number one at making mistakes
I believe in karma
Because she's hit me right in the face.
I certainly can't say I've never committed a sin
I have seen the wrath of God, He can be...

I am diagnosed with Bipolar I and complex partial seizure disorder.  I still cannot fully believe I have either, but these two severe illness are the excruciating blessings of my life.  I am a painter and my psychotic...

I know about Bipolar Disorder because my husband of 12 years has it. I believe there are different levels of it though. Some people may have mild to severe cases of it. I think my husband is probably somewhere in the middle which is...

I am a Professional Counselor with a Bipolar Brother

Like so many recent high school graduates, who are thrust into the ocean of life, I wanted to return to my former fishbowl–life. There were so many questions, which suddenly so...

My son has been diagnosed with this disorder. We have had a couple of rocky years in the past but things are looking better. Now that he is getting treatment we look back and have some explanations for his behavior. He was not...