A Blog for Mental Illness
There is a darker side of bipolar which includes the three symptoms below. Everybody knows the symptoms exist, but there is a mystique about them. They hardly get talked about. Instead, they is swept under the rug. Dysphoric Manic Episode…
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Have you seen this bipolar woman? Jamie Davenport-Tull, who has bipolar, went missing in California over two weeks ago. They found her car of which had been in a crash near her home. But Jamie’s body was nowhere near the…
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I was not diagnosed with bipolar until I was 31 years old (10 or more years too late). At that time, my career quickly slipped out of my reach. My Career Taken by Bipolar During my teaching career, I did…
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How do you know when you are slipping into a bipolar depression? Is it a feeling in the pit of your stomach? A dark cloud beginning to hover over your head? How does your mood change? I merely slipped into…
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A Bipolar Diagnosis When I was finally given the PAI by my psychologist in 2015, the results from the test gave me a formal diagnosis. I went from just bipolar (2007 diagnosis) to bipolar 1 with psychotic features, mixed episodes…
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Bipolar Psychotic Features As discussed in Bipolar Psychotic Features Part 1, someone with bipolar could in fact experience psychotic symptoms. In Part 1, I shared with you hallucinations in all five senses that I have experienced. In this post, we…
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Bipolar + Writer’s Block = Zero Productivity Bipolar can be my friend at times. Then there are those times when writer’s block slips in and I get nothing accomplished because my brain is mush. When I am trying to write,…
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Causes of Bipolar In the scientific community, bipolar disorder has no known cause. However, there are various factors which may be involved. Biological Differences Scientists have identified people with this mental illness to show physical changes in their brains. At…
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A Much Needed Break The mania, depression has given me a break…for now. Yes, there are times when I feel “normal”. Feeling normal is not the norm for me. For most bipolars, he/she experiences one or two cycles a year. The…
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A Bipolar Interviewee This Bipolar Interviewee scheduled an interview with a law firm for yesterday afternoon. Trying to find a job is not the time to break down and have a freak show. Since the weekend, I have been feeling…
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Bipolar Roller Coaster – WEEE! Today is day five after quitting my nineteenth job since college. When I was in my twenties, single and on the bipolar roller coaster, I quit a lot of jobs simply because I liked the…
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A One-Way Prayer Providing Help During Bipolar Moments It is no secret that prayer is very important to me in managing my bipolar. Anxiety washes over me like a tsunami, I pray to God. Anger reaches its boiling point and…
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