Tag: bipolar
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October 01, 2007 10:40 AM EDT --
Angel in a Nightie
You walked in
wearing a pink, cow nightie
and a halo,
slightly skewed.
I was on my way out,
halfway between sane
and quick-get-the-Haldol.
Armed with a bowl
of chicken and noodles . . .
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September 03, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
Quiet as the night is
noise and confusion reign
And I wonder why I was given
this disorder of the brain
Snatches of music
and thoughts are racing
A manic melody
my head is encasing
Pill bottle . . .
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September 28, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
Demon Within
Irritation, aggravation
Searching for alleviation
Pounding, resounding
beating in my brain
Questioning my intelligience
fearing I'm insane
Demon . . .
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May 19, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
I feel the burn in my brain.
Somehow your named got etched in there by mistake.
It pesters me all day, it invades my transistors.
I feel my heart malfunction...
I thought I'd pay that guy . . .
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November 28, 2007 02:16 AM EST --
I guess being prego has changed me a little... the only thing keeping me as sane as i am is the fact that I'm having a baby, and that keeps me from getting suicidal, so that's one plus... but life . . .
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December 07, 2007 04:23 PM EST --
That's how long I have to do my outpatient therapy. I was really pissed off when I heard that. I thought I was going to do 6 weeks of intensive outpatient therapy. But today when I saw . . .
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April 29, 2008 02:46 AM EDT --
Mood Swings and Bipolar Disorder
The mood swings of bipolar disorder can be profoundly destructive. Depression can make you isolate yourself from your friends and loved ones. You may find it impossible . . .
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September 01, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
I'm new here and this is my first article. I'm a little shy and didn't quite know what to write, so I thought I'd just tell you a little bit about myself.
I'm 31, unhappily . . .
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October 12, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
Ponderings
I sit in quiet contemplation
of my propensity toward desolation
and my penchant for imposing
my insanity on others.
I wonder why
I can't sit stoically
while tilting on my foundation
as . . .
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February 24, 2008 02:37 PM EST --
Ok. Here is another poem I found from the late 90's. (It's interesting what I found when I went through my storage room after moving). Anyway, the poem may be a bit dorky, . . .
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July 13, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
"So, I'll call you tomorrow after I am coherent," she says.
"Are you ever coherent?" I retort.
"Not most of ever..." She was already losing coherence, due . . .
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January 06, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
He called to tell me of his troubles. He is taking his medication but they don't seem to be working any more. He hates the disease. It is troubling to always feel as if he . . .
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April 23, 2009 09:32 PM EDT --
Today I drove over to take Chris to the doctor. It was just a med check, but we have had issues with rage, anger, and violence over the past few weeks. We also wanted to discuss the possibility of Chris . . .
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March 28, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
This is a plea for change. The change I ask for seems so simple, but it has eluded us for almost a decade now. I ask for this because I’ve reached the end of . . .
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July 17, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness.
When you're high it's tremendous.
The ideas and feelings are fast and frequent . . .
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September 27, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
I have an update for everyone about the doctors appointment I went to on Tuesday. It was interesting that's for sure. THe doctor wouldn't even listen to what I had to say. They are decreasing . . .
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April 20, 2008 08:48 PM EDT --
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Last year, Martin Strel swam the Amazon River to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease. Now it's time to conquer the North and South Poles to . . .
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January 18, 2009 01:10 PM EST --
You would have been fifty-three, but you only gave the world forty-two years with you.
I celebrated your birthday last night, quietly and without you, but I felt you there. I watched that movie, Roadhouse, . . .
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August 24, 2009 06:09 PM EDT --
Today I spent all day in court, learning about section 35.
As some of you know my daughter has been suffering from Bipolar and has attempted suicide twice last month.
Well she turned 18, and signed . . .
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November 23, 2009 09:52 AM EST --
One of the things that I often forget, being only borderline bipolar is the Mania. The manic episodes happen WAY less than the depression. And most of the time I don't even notice until someone . . .
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