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Friday, June 6th, 2008
How do you handle a family member who's potentially bipolar?Not with kid gloves, that's for sure. Although I've been accused by daughter #1 of seeing bipolars under every bush, the fact remains that this is a hereditary illness, whether it's been proven scientifically or not.That said, it runs rampant in ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Jeez, I haven't posted anything to this blog since February 26th. Little wonder, too, since it was about that time that I was waiting to hear about my new job, which I did get and am fully into now. It's good. I'm well.Thanks, Matt, for writing about your questions on ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
It's been a while since I posted an entry to this blog and to be honest, if it weren't for my friend Carol encouraging me to continue, I was seriously thinking about giving it up.Why? Because there's something in me that says it's not all that healthy to write constantly ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I've been thinking a lot about Birdie's comment the past week. She asked: can you tell me how you personally proceeded to receive help? You know, that initial step?I didn't think I was at all sick until 1994, when I was 44. All the years of depressive and manic phases ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
A little late on the Tuesday entry but today was one of those days where time slipped by and here it is, almost 7 p.m.Books on manic depression. Yep, I have three that I like and own. One is a reference book, the other two are a memoir and ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
If you had asked me a few years ago, had I ever had a psychotic break, I probably would have answered no.Now I feel otherwise. For many years, as I began to come down from manic euphorias, the first sign of impending depression was a weird paranoia. People were talking ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
It's very nice that some of the people who have commented think that I'm brave and courageous for writing a blog on a disorder that makes "normal" people's hair stand on end.It's really got nothing to do with bravery, courage or any high moral values on my part. Believe me, ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I dunno about you but my biggest problem lately seems to be a sudden screw-up in my sleep patterns.Here's the drill:Go to bed at 11:30Lie in bed for 45 minutes with at least ten topics jumping around my brain such as:If I decide to redesign this Aran sweater, which ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I was thinking about my aunt Helga a few weeks ago. She's been dead now for 10 years, hit by a cab in NYC one sleety December Saturday in 1995. I miss her sometimes. For all of her craziness, she was a good aunt and was always willing to take ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Being manic-depressive, really understanding all it entails and then managing the disorder means having an epiphany of sorts.Like being a born-again Christian, only not nearly as obnoxious.A good, swift kick in the ass helps the process along. In my case, it was hospitalization. I'd finally reached the point in July ...
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