That is only partly a joking question. I know that my mania is just as dangerous as my depression. But why can’t I at least have as much hypomania as depression! If a psych read this they would remind me that what goes up must come down. In fact, I write that in all of [...]
My goal when I’m down is to take action all day long to make things better. It’s hard. Where will I go? What project should I do first? Will anything work out? Why are things so hard? Etc Etc
All good questions. I will go out and organize my day while I sit at a coffee [...]
Lovely mania.. not!
I float a lot when I’m depressed. As my brother said, it’s like I spend all day working hard to get nothing done! My hypomania is so different. I get it all done in one day!
I love hypomania- the good, euphoric, mildly up kind. It’s the best drug in the [...]
Please make a decision for me!
When I have trouble focusing, I’ve learned to ask others to make decisions for me. I’ve trained the people in my life to just go ahead with what they want to do and I will follow along. What do you want for dinner? I don’t care- you choose. What movie [...]
I woke up depressed- nothing new unfortunately. I knew it was going to be a tough morning- but it doesn’t have to be a tough day!
Then I turned on the TV and saw Barak Obama being sworn in as President. I felt such happiness. No matter what a person feels politically, I think that seeing [...]
It can be really overwhelming to pay bills when you’re not doing well. I swear, so many of my ideas in Get it Done When You’re Depressed have to do with the little things- cleaning a house, making lunches for kids, finishing a project, paying bills, exercising, getting out of [...]
Well, to people without bipolar this may seem funny, but I’m VERY excited that I’ve had a week of stability. No mania and not much depression. I know it’s not mania as I just feel like relaxing and enjoying life instead of being on the go all of the time. When I’m manic or depressed [...]
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