Personal Stories
What does it feel like to have bipolar disorder, or to live with someone who does? What problems have people encountered in dealing with other people, doctors, hospitals, medications, stigma? These are stories from the inside, from those who know what manic depression is all about.
Someone to Watch Over Me
Forum Host Tempest gives us a terrifying look into the world of Bipolar I disorder with paranoia and persecutory delusions -- and the difficulty she has had getting anyone to understand her need for more antipsychotic medication. We hope her harrowing story will help people understand the need for someone, patient or advocate, ask questions, demand answers, and fight for the best treatment.
Forum Host Tempest gives us a terrifying look into the world of Bipolar I disorder with paranoia and persecutory delusions -- and the difficulty she has had getting anyone to understand her need for more antipsychotic medication. We hope her harrowing story will help people understand the need for someone, patient or advocate, ask questions, demand answers, and fight for the best treatment.
My Lithium Miracle
Guest author Gene Olson summarizes his history from Vietnam to misdiagnosis as paranoid schizophrenic to the lithium treatment that saved his mind.
Guest author Gene Olson summarizes his history from Vietnam to misdiagnosis as paranoid schizophrenic to the lithium treatment that saved his mind.
Hope
Guest author Regina Jones went through years of misery, hopelessness, poverty and self-hatred. Her bipolar disorder made her life a living hell. Regina leads us through those black years with stark honesty and on to her climb from the depths and out into the light of a new life. Her story is disturbing but ultimately inspiring.
Guest author Regina Jones went through years of misery, hopelessness, poverty and self-hatred. Her bipolar disorder made her life a living hell. Regina leads us through those black years with stark honesty and on to her climb from the depths and out into the light of a new life. Her story is disturbing but ultimately inspiring.
Is It Me?
Guest author Carol eloquently asks where her old self has gone now that mental illness has taken over her life.
Guest author Carol eloquently asks where her old self has gone now that mental illness has taken over her life.
A Bipolar Mom's Story
During my first manic episode I hid with my daughter in the attic fearing Mafia hit men. During the second I conversed with God. All told I've been hospitalized four times for mania. My husband has been my rock throughout our lives together, even when we feared Lithium might cause our unborn child to have birth defects.
During my first manic episode I hid with my daughter in the attic fearing Mafia hit men. During the second I conversed with God. All told I've been hospitalized four times for mania. My husband has been my rock throughout our lives together, even when we feared Lithium might cause our unborn child to have birth defects.
Bipolar Blues
Nancy gives readers a look at bipolar disorder from the inside - weight, pills and frustration.
Nancy gives readers a look at bipolar disorder from the inside - weight, pills and frustration.
How It Feels to Have Bipolar Disorder
A person who has bipolar disorder describes how the pressure of waiting for test results caused an inappropriate response.
A person who has bipolar disorder describes how the pressure of waiting for test results caused an inappropriate response.