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The Epilepsy and Bipolar Connection…
A Never Quiet Mind | August 29th 2008 by Zathyn Priest
I’m awaiting a letter from a neurologist in regards to the increase in seizure activity I’ve been having. Also in regards to the fact I’ve been experiencing different types of seizures aside from the sleep triggered hallucinate ones. read more
Effexor
Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive | August 28th 2008 by Seaneen
As my mood continues its rapid decline, at my medication review I was prescribed Effexor. I have to go to the hospital for blood tests and an EKG first. I think Hannah is taking me. He said he was severely limited in what he could prescribe. No read more
Simple stuff
This Is Uncensored Territory | August 27th 2008 by theunstableblogger
I research the hell out of medications, new therapies and all kinds of things even half-way related to bipolar disorder and other mental health issues simply because of the ways I am directly and indirectly impacted by them every day but it is when I read more
Hatemail, or, “Mildly aggressive swipes at my appearance”.
Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive | August 27th 2008 by Seaneen
Terribly bad few days, in terms of mentalism. I don’t want to talk about it, though. I have the physical ills at the moment too so my head is swimming and I generally feel as though I’m made of lead. I want to lie in bed and let som read more
August 27, 2008 - I Almost Lost My Mine!
Journaling for Therapy | August 27th 2008 by Jewells
This morning was not good. The alarm on my phone went off at 4:30am, and I came flying out of the bed. By no means was I ready for this day. The committee in my mind was going off with all these things I needed to do today and didn’t feel read more
Evolutionarily speaking, mental illness might not be a bad thing!
My Mentally Ill Life | August 27th 2008
The following is an excerpt from an interesting article from MSNBC, explaining how evolution may have played a part in man's development of what we call "mental illness". It lists all of the most common mental illnesses and explains how they might h read more
Doc is Out!
Writely Sew | August 26th 2008 by April Trice
So I got this phone call just a little bit ago that went a little something like this: “Yeah, your doctor’s last day is Thursday. We need to get you in before then to get your meds.” Okay, it wasn’t that crass. But the me read more
SIM, SENHOR JUÍZ...
Sorrisos em Alta | August 26th 2008 by Sorrisos em Alta
Todos os dias somos surpreendidos e revoltamo-nos com notícias saídas nos jornais sobre a nossa "Justiça".Coisas como violadores e outros, apanhados em flagrante delito, serem imediatamente libertados e polícias serem investigados por utilizarem read more
I Blew It!
Journaling for Therapy | August 26th 2008 by Jewells
Writing for Theray - A Must! read more
Take This Survey!
Back Across The Line | August 26th 2008 by BamaGal
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is preparing to grade each of the 50 states on public mental health services in 2009 and needs your help. Please take this online survey and forward it to others. It includes a Spanish version. Anyone a read more
(I'm trying a) New Attitude
My Mentally Ill Life | August 25th 2008
Well, they're back. It was a very short respite, made even shorter by the fact that I had to work way too many hours. All I really did while they were gone was work, sleep, let dogs out, and run errands for my mom. But it was nice to know that I d read more
Flirting with Disaster
Journaling for Therapy | August 23rd 2008 by Jewells
It’s 7:30am in the morning and I have been up most of the night pampering a little bottle of wine. Not a big bottle but a .750 ltr. I know it doesn’t sound like much but I don’t know why I do this. I popped the top around 5pm po read more
I’m feeling a little Blue
Journaling for Therapy | August 22nd 2008 by Jewells
I started therapy this morning and I was really excited about it. I never had the right kind of therapy and this is called incognitive therapy. I’m not sure if I’m saying it right. It’s too help understand the bipolar and itR read more
On my own!
My Mentally Ill Life | August 21st 2008
Well, they're gone. DH and DD, both off to his mom's until Sunday night. I'm pretty thrilled. My stress level has gone down so much. I wish I had some time off, where I didn't have to work, and could enjoy it even more, but I'll take what I can g read more
Writing for Therapy-Should I?
Six Weeks in Rehab - Depression or Alcoholism? | August 21st 2008 by Jewells
Yes, I believe writing is one of the greatest. Why because it helps me. I drink and I talk about why. I’ve never been a AA person. I felt weird talking to a bunch ofpeople who are staring at you all about your poor past and present. I f read more
Bipolar-Stay Busy! WRITE FOR THERAPY!
Journaling for Therapy | August 21st 2008 by Jewells
I’m learning more and more about Bipolar and it interest me. Why? I have it. Yes, I’m admitting I have it. Before, I couldn’t do that. I was embarrassed and felt ashamed. I had a disability and I didn’t want anyone t read more
Vyvanse and Spirituality
Writely Sew | August 21st 2008 by April Trice
These brain images pretty much speak for themselves. The brains on the left are “normal” brains. The ones on the right are the “ADD” ones. THESE brain images are of the Bipolar brain: NORMAL BRAIN: BIPOLAR BRAIN Someti read more
Writing for Therapy and Winning!
Jewells Dreams | August 20th 2008 by Jewells
It is so nice to get comments from others that's why I feel that writing about my disease is the perfect drug. Why has it helped me? Knowing that others really care. People with bipolar feel so lonely, because they're afraid to tell anyone about th read more
Diary of a Bipolar Victim
Jewells Dreams | August 20th 2008 by Jewells
Below is some of my diary from the last several months discussing my mental illness, Bipolar, along with Alcoholism. I wanted to do this because writing and researching I have found others like me. I'm not alone. That's part of a trigger for bipolar read more
Writing for Therapy-Manic Depressive
Jewells Dreams | August 20th 2008 by Jewells
It is so nice to get comments from others that's why I feel that writing about my disease is the perfect drug. Why has it helped me? Knowing that others really care. People with bipolar feel so lonely, because they're afraid to tell anyone about th read more
Writing for Therapy is the Perfect Drug-Manic Depressive
Journaling for Therapy | August 20th 2008 by Jewells
A person with bipolar struggling and coping. Writing helps me cope each day. read more
Inside the Iron Maiden
Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive | August 20th 2008 by Seaneen
I don’t like self pity. Least of all my own. “Bravery”, in terms of illness, is will. If you don’t challenge your own negative thoughts, you lose. The trouble with depression is that you tend to keep the thoughts to yourse read more
The Crazy (Ex)Girlfriend
20-forty.com | August 20th 2008 by lisa quirke
I hate her. I don’t even know her and yet I couldn’t dislike her more. She is trashy, nosy, high maintenance, bi-polar, and worst of all, my ex boyfriend’s new girlfriend. I’m Jealous? Most of these feelings stem from jealousy read more
A not so ideal situation...maybe?
My Mentally Ill Life | August 20th 2008
Well, DH's mother, who lives about 4 hours from us, wants DH to come and do some work for her, and she will pay him. When I first heard that, I got pretty excited, because I might actually have some alone time! We talked about him possibly leaving read more
wow i'm actually writing
BPD in OKC | August 19th 2008 by bpdokc
Wow I'm actually writing Yesterday when I was at the psychiatrist appointment, I met with her physician's assistant first alone. The assistant started asking me questions. There was at least 10 pages worth of questions, and that was after at least 8 read more
Crowded
Plunger Girl | August 19th 2008 by Erin
It’s a fact that some piece of the universe dictates that life should never be too stable, too happy, too peaceful for too long, but instead, that turbulence will inevitably interrupt and persist until it crowds out optimism and you think it read more
EPILEPSY VS BIPOLAR
A Never Quiet Mind | August 19th 2008 by Zathyn Priest
*REPOSTED* I’m fairly certain I’ve never mentioned I was diagnosed with TLE (Temporal Lobe Epilepsy) several years ago - in my late teens to be exact, although the seizures started in my mid-teens. A lot of research read more
Gail Porter Talks About Her Hair Growing Back, And Being Diagnose…
Celebrity, Gossip, Entertainment and News | August 18th 2008 by Laura Lily
Gail Porter says her hair is finally beginning to grow back three years after stress related alopecia caused her to lose it all overnight. Gail said, “I have brows and lashes again, after so long. Isn’t it fantastic? “I’ve jus read more
What is it about the nighttime?
My Mentally Ill Life | August 18th 2008
Every night, around 10pm, it's the same old, same old: Me: Did you take your pills yet?DH: Uh....Me: Go take your pills. You know you are going to sleep for 12 hours, so if you take your pills now, you'll get up at a decent time.DH: But I can't read more
August 17, 2008 - I Stopped MySelf So I Wrote
Journaling for Therapy | August 17th 2008 by Jewells
Here it is 7am in the morning, but I have been up all night. I started drinking my wine around 4pm, and then afraid I would run out of cig’s when to the store. I would watch TV fall asleep, awake around 10:30pm awoke around 2:00am, there read more
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