February 10th, 2012 
admin Check out the online book, “Art, Love, and Madness: Giving Birth to Oneself”. It is written by a professional artist who has bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. “I put my personal experience into the book Art, Love, and Madness: Giving Birth to Oneself . The book tells the story of regaining one’s real Self [...]
February 9th, 2012 admin Hello! I’m Laura Hart and I run my own blog spot site, “The bi-polar American” and have many experiences to share with other bi-polars. However, my take on these matters may be a little different and controversial in a certain sense that I’m quite open about “all of it.” There is a rich texture to [...]
February 8th, 2012 admin Rachel Pappas shares her touching story in her book, “Hopping Roller Coasters”. While I haven’t had time to read it just yet, I’m hoping to soon. Here is a little bit about her book: Hopping Roller Coasters is about my daughter and me, both diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I have not had an easy [...]
February 6th, 2012 admin A year ago my 15 year old daughter suddenly got really depressed, she had always suffered from bouts of depression since starting her periods at the age of 9 but this depression was different, she had been back at school about 2 days after the Xmas holidays when she said she felt really down and [...]
February 3rd, 2012 admin About the “B” word and me By Rachel Pappas How has bipolar affected me? Hmm, that’s a tough one, because I never know what to “blame” on being a clinically-certified screaming meamie. And I don’t know what to blame on myself—diagnosis or not. That’s actually one of the ways my human condition has most affected [...]
February 1st, 2012 admin Life has to become pretty unbearable before one starts seeking out answers. Thanks to the World Wide Web they are found easier and faster than ever before. I was diagnosed 4 years ago. However I fought against it and tried another job, insisting I could beat it with medication! I was wrong. I have been [...]
January 5th, 2012 admin February 2012 marks our fourth annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month. As always, I will be accepting guest posts from anyone who has been affected by bipolar disorder. I’m looking for personal experiences, insight on the disorder, new medical findings – anything related to bipolar disorder. As many of you know, our host disappeared overnight without [...]
December 20th, 2011 admin Everyone knows the holiday season is a difficult time for anyone who has bipolar disorder or any other mental illness. Perhaps it is the stress of the holiday rush. Maybe there are painful memories associated with the holidays. Maybe it is the feeling of being alone in all of this. Whatever the reason, it happens. [...]
October 5th, 2011 admin I would like to thank all of you. I am slowly but surely adding everything back. It’s going slower than I’d like as I do work full-time now. Please know that this has been a significant source of stress, and I do appreciate all the support I have received from my readers. Thanks for sticking [...]
February 2nd, 2011 admin Peter S K Lynch chronicles his life with bipolar disorder through chapters posted on his semi-autobiographical blog. Peter says: I’d welcome you to check out my semi-autobiographical account of a young man’s descent into madness. The first chapter is located here: http://newmanx.blogspot.com/2010/10/chapter-i-sunday.html Here is an excerpt from the first chapter: For reasons not quite forthcoming [...]
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