The worst of the food poisoning has passed, thank God. It still feels like there was a boxing match inside my body, but at least I don’t feel the sickness. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone…well, actually, to be honest, there’s a few I would wish it upon. Melissa from the high school, for example. […]
Category: bipolar
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Yesterday afternoon was the big day to check my weight. Based on the title I won’t try to hold you in suspense. I’ve now lost 9 pounds out of my current 24 pound weight goal. I stood in shock and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My doctor came up behind me and said, I […]
Imagine You Have Bipolar Disorder
Here is the first place winner of the 2007 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Facing Us PSA contest. Amazing how much can be learned in 30 seconds.
It’s a Twister, It’s a Twister
I had a great night sleep last night. I woke up about every hour on the hour starting about 2am. Each time I wanted to get up and do some things but forced myself to go back to sleep. Sounds bad, but it felt good. At 5:45 I couldn’t take it anymore. I got my […]
I’ll Have a Beer To Wash Down My Prozac, Please
‘My name is Brad, and I’m an alcoholic.” I’ve said it over a thousand times. I’m the best tour guide in Los Angeles. I’ll show which bench on the Santa Monica Pier is best for sleeping. I’ll tell you which church distributes the best free food. I’ll give you maps to the best places to […]
Feeling Good but Staying Cool
Here’s typical pictures you’ll find on most drug ads and websites that explain dealing with major depression and bipolar disorder: Who wouldn’t be depressed after viewing pictures like these? It must be a conspiracy by the drug companies. Boy am I feeling great today! Our niece is back with us and probably will be for […]
Bipolar Disoder 101
A great day! Our niece is with us for the weekend. This morning we slept in then went out for pancakes (I know, not good for the diet…now shut up). Afterwards we went to the beach. The beach is about the only place my mind is at rest. Maurice and I sometimes go watch the […]
A Mellow Med Change
I saw my psychiatrist yesterday. I hear many horror stories about people that hate their pdoc (slang for psychiatrist). I feel blessed because I adore mine. We work as a team rather than her just handing me pills. We actually laugh a lot. Definitely Not the stereotype of what you view a psychiatric session is […]
Doing Laundry and Thinking ‘Bout Marriage
Wow, the past couple of posts were real downers. Maybe I shouldn’t post when I’m low depressed. I’ll chase everyone away. I actually haven’t started doing the laundry yet, but I did sort them and took a load down to the laundry room. It’s not my fault that all the washers were taken. For those […]
I Got The Blues
Feel like shit. We had a table set up today, as we do every Sunday, and didn’t sell a single one of the concert tickets. The LGBT church group that I’m chairperson of is fizzling out. When we first got it active we had 30 people attending but it dropped as expected. But now we’re […]