Damage Control

I hate it when you can feel yourself starting to have a mood swing you can’t do anything about. It’s like frost, starting at the edges of your consciousness, slowly working its way across your mind till you’re blind and the mood swing is all there is. Sometimes one can fight it and win, but sometimes there’s not a damn thing... [Read more...]

Depression at the moment

Thought of the day, Depression sucks, as does the feelings of inadequacy and isolation that go along with it.  It’s so hard to get up and do anything, like walking through taffy, living like this is so draining and so hard, even the simplest thing can be exhausting.  Then there is the fear of people not understanding, of being judged or of being... [Read more...]

Coping with Insomnia

One of the side effects of the medication I’m on is periodic insomnia and wrestlessness.  Sometimes I wake up and just have to take a walk at five in the morning, or I wake up and it takes hours to get back to sleep.  There are a few things I do that help me clam down and get back to sleep: taking a walk, taking a warm bath, drinking chamomile... [Read more...]

A Little About Me and My Bipolar

I’ve been diagnosed as having bipolar/a mood disorder for nearly two years, but I’ve been living with it all my life.  I was just recently diagnosed because I’ve been under a lot of stress lately thanks to trying to work my way through collage and get two unrelated degrees, but the disorder has always been there.  It was misdiagnosed... [Read more...]

A little about this site

             First off, this site isn’t going to give you all the answers to bipolar or the depression that goes with it.  This site is about life with bipolar and how I and others have learned to cope with it’s up and downs.  This site is about support, sharing information and communicating in a safe and  space.  The goal... [Read more...]