When I wake up in the morning I can always tell- immediately- what mood I’m in. I either have a thought or just an overwhelming feeling about what I will face during the day.
When I wake up depressed, I have the thought, “There’s no point to my life.”
When I wake up manic- if [...]
Have you noticed that I’ve been writing massive blogs lately! I want to help people learn from my experiences so they don’t have to repeat them.
So here is a really short blog- because the one before this is excellent, but it’s long!
Some things to say to yourself before the holiday weekend:
1. I’m happy to be [...]
Here is a question about travel from Karen:
Julie, was your plan to adjust your sleep schedule a week ahead of time successful? My BP husband must travel from the West coast to East next month and I have been frantically searching for ways to help him do this without becoming ill. Thank you in advance [...]
Weeks of Depression
I’ve been depressed off and on for weeks. I wake up with it and often go to bed with it. I’ve had to modify my life to take care of it. I’m going out with friends more- more lunches and coffee meetings. I want to work- but it’s time to just work on [...]
I’m speaking at the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance in September, 2008. I really look forward to it.
My presentation is on Families and Mood Disorders. The three hour program is filled with personal stories and tips on managing the illness as a team.
I recently did a DBSA podcast interview on the topic. Don’t worry! The podcast [...]
I’m so sick tonight.
This is what I wrote in my journal last night when I tracked my mood. I’ve tracked my moods every night for over four years. It is an amazing tool. Usually, I can tell by looking at a month of data [...]
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I’ve received such amazing comments on the blogs lately- when you look at a blog, there is a little comments icon at the top- if there is a number next to it, this means there are comments. Then you can comment on the comments!
I see all bipolarhappens.com blog comments before they are posted, so your [...]