March 18th, 2010 
admin I know that this sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I have a security blanket. It didn’t start out being one but that is exactly what it is. Now, I do not lug this blanket around the house. I do take it with me when we camp. It’s still in the camper from last weekend and I [...]
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Tags: coyotes, Psychosis, security blanket, shadow people, voices 
No Comments » January 11th, 2010 admin It appears that I will not be skipping my normal first of the year crash. My sanity is slipping and I’m not sure how long I will be able to hold on to it. It started with the voices but they have disappeared. I think they might be comforting at this point but they are [...]
January 4th, 2010 admin vvvFebruary 2010 will be the second annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month! Our goal is to reduce discrimination through awareness and education. I need your help! You can help raise awareness in several ways: Host a badge! To increase the amount of participants and spread awareness, I am asking you to consider placing a Bipolar Disorder [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar 2, Bipolar Awareness Month, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, NOS, Psychosis, Symptoms Tags: about, all, all about bipolar, awareness, badge, banner, bipolar, Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month, button, disorder, essay, month, volunteer No Comments » December 17th, 2009 admin I’m being lazy today. I am hoping that if I take it easy then it will ease my psychosis. I have this image that keeps popping up in my head. It has been happening for about a month now. I can see myself banging my head against the wall over and over again until I [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I, My Personal Experiences, Psychosis Tags: about, all, bipolar, disorder, Psychosis Comments Off December 15th, 2009 admin “It’s me again…the voice of despair.” I am ignoring my voices today and feeling pretty smug about it. Why? Because I told on them and they know they are in trouble. Last night, I decided it was time to enlist help. I need someone to make sure I take my medication every night. I laid [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar 2, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, NOS, Psychosis, Symptoms Tags: about, all, bipolar, disorder, medication, Psychosis, safety net, suicide, voices No Comments » December 14th, 2009 admin As I continue my downward spiral into the depths of depravity in the midst of December, my “brave face” is already starting to wash away. This is not going to be good. I have agoraphobia and that is a terrible thing to have during the holidays. I am okay with a crowd of friends because [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Agoraphobia, Bipolar 2, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, NOS, Panic Disorder, Psychosis, Symptoms Tags: about, Agoraphobia, all, bipolar, depression, holidays, ideation, Psychosis, suicidal, voices No Comments » October 24th, 2009 admin Does mental illness increase a person’s risk of committing a violent crime? How does this contribute to stigma related to mental illness? In a very small town in West Tennessee, two people were shot and killed on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Investigators reported that 59 year old Alfred Stack entered Pathways Behavioral Health Services in [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Agoraphobia, Bipolar 2, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, Panic Disorder, Psychosis Tags: about, Alfred Stack, all, Billie Jean Shearon, Billy Jean Shearin, bipolar, Bolivar, crime, double, evaluation, Hardeman, health, homicide, illness, jackson, Lynn Galligher, Madison, mental, murder, Pathways, Psychiatric, Silerton, statistics, stigma, study, Tennessee, TN, violent, Western Mental Health Institute No Comments »
September 30th, 2009 admin Day 2 of no medication. Let the Lamictal (lamotrigine) withdrawals commence! Oh wait, they already have. Withdrawals are always fun but I did manage to do some research and I am finding that some of the things I didn’t even think were withdrawal symptoms really are. Bear with me. I may not make much sense [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Agoraphobia, Bipolar 2, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, Featured, My Personal Experiences, NOS, Panic Disorder, Psychosis, Symptoms Tags: about, Agoraphobia, all, back, bipolar, crawling, disorder, electrical, fatigue, hearing, ideas, lamictal, lamotrigine, nausea, pain, racing, skin, Symptoms, thoughts, voices, withdrawal No Comments » September 29th, 2009 admin Catch up on some of the latest news about bipolar disorder! Searching around the internet this morning, I am catching up on more than a week’s worth of news. I found too many interesting things to pick just one so I am going to share several interesting news items. Mad Genius – The link between [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar 2, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, NOS, Psychosis Tags: about, all, behavior, beneficial, bipolar, creativity, Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, disorder, DSM, DSM V, genetic, health, hope, illness, link, Low, mental, Miss Singapore, mood swings, Ms, overdiagnosed, pharmaceutical, Psychosis, Ris, second opinion, Singapore, stigma, update, variation No Comments » September 29th, 2009 admin I didn’t take the medication prescribed to me for bipolar disorder last night and it is looking like I won’t take it again tonight. I currently take 200 milligrams of Lamictal every day. Last Monday, I told my husband that I wouldn’t have enough to last the weekend so he needed to pick it up [...]
