Scheduling my days….

Bipolar Disorder and Work: I’ve got to get my act together!

For the past few weeks, I was pretty ill so I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked. Now that I’m better, I have to get my act together and create a schedule I have to follow. Today is Saturday and [...]

Bipolar Disorder: My meds are working!

Hello to Everyone,

Wow, thanks so much for the nice comments. It has definitely been a tough week. I made it to all of my appointments- saw all of the people I said I would see and basically kept functioning, but work definitely suffered. I started with the correct meds two days ago and I’m already [...]

Thanks for the kind comments!

Hi to all of you who have written such nice notes. It’s true, I have definitely been sick. Once I figured out it was a medication problem, I took action. It’s hard to take action when you’re crying and feel like you can’t go on- but that’s just the illness. I am much, much better [...]

Finally… some answers

If you read my blog below, you can tell I’ve really had trouble lately in terms of getting my work done. I always have struggles, but I use the ideas in my books and just keep going. When it’s hard for me to even sit down, then I know something is not right physically.

My friend [...]

I am really struggling today… ick!

I’m really struggling today. I swear I would do anything just to get rid of these constant mood swings. I have friends with bipolar disorder who have a lot of normal days- by normal I mean that they aren’t in some kind of mood swing. I rarely have a normal day. Today seems to [...]

Generic bipolar medications….

I’m just plain worn out!

I honestly think that switching to the generic Lamotrigine (Lamictal) has made me more tired. I know it has increased my other side effects. As I’ve said in a lot of other posts, it’s working exactly the same as Lamictal in terms of mood swings. Which is good! But I [...]

Bipolar Disorder and Money: The US economy…….

Bipolar Disorder and Stress: The US Economy

Yes, our economy stinks. It has affected my business greatly- and not in a good way- and it has possibly affected you similarly.

I was very freaked out at first. A friend of mine lost her job and many friends lost a lot of their retirement. Eventually I realized that [...]