It’s almost spring, and with the change in seasons comes my semiannual experimentation with my meds. I don’t know why I do this to myself, except it always happens around the beginning of March (and the early fall as well) and each time I do it I think it’s going to work this time. ItContinue reading “March Madness”
Category Archives: Bipolar Me
Sweating the Small Stuff (and the Big Stuff Too)
Well, the time I’ve been dreading for months is here: my Social Security Disability claim is undergoing review to assess whether or not I’m still disabled according to their standards. To say that I am anxious about this is a major understatement. I’m better than I was both physically and mentally when I first appliedContinue reading “Sweating the Small Stuff (and the Big Stuff Too)”
DX: Acute Stress Reaction
I swear, I really do learn something new every day. My appointment with Dr. Goodenough was on Wednesday, and like I said I would, I brought up the subject of my disturbed sleep and morning anxiety. It had not yet occurred to me that it might be due to the series of unfortunate events I’veContinue reading “DX: Acute Stress Reaction”
The Rest of the Story
I’m back home after having surgery on my leg wound, which got infected and needed to be cleaned out, and managing the pain with oxycodone and stool softeners. The meds make me stupid and constipated, so I’m apt to be found on the sofa sound asleep at any time of the night or day, andContinue reading “The Rest of the Story”
I’ll Fly Away
T-minus 1 day, 23 hours and 19 minutes. Can you tell how ready I am for this trip? In less than two days I will be on an airplane headed for Florida, the first leg of our magnificent vacation. We’ll have a full day in Miami, to go explore or just hang out in theContinue reading “I’ll Fly Away”
Lessons In Self-Care
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. Time to watch football, eat ourselves into a coma and enjoy togetherness with family and friends. Oh, and yes, to be thankful for what we have while knowing that other people are out catching the early Black Friday sales and running over each other in the process. (I did Black Friday shoppingContinue reading “Lessons In Self-Care”
Leap of Faith
Well, I’ve taken a big new leap into life: I just became a crisis counselor for the Crisis Text Line. Or rather, a trainee for the Crisis Text Line. This is a volunteer position, which is great because I’ve been looking for something I can do from home. A friend of mine from another website,Continue reading “Leap of Faith”
It’s Halloween
…and boy, am I ever glad I’m not where I was three years ago tonight. The hospital was the best place for me then and I knew it, even though I’d have given almost anything to take my grandsons out trick-or-treating instead. I had never fallen so far down the rabbit hole before, and IContinue reading “It’s Halloween”
The Interview
So I just got off the phone after talking with an East Coast graduate student for almost an hour about my bipolar disorder. She is with a group doing research for the University of Virginia, part of which is reaching out to people with the illness and asking them a lot of questions about howContinue reading “The Interview”
ADIDAS
(A warning to my kids: Do not read further. I repeat, do not read further. You don’t want to know.) ADIDAS. No, not the tennis shoe—it’s an acronym for All Day I Dream About Sex. Well, I do. There, I said it. I dream about it at night, too. And I confess that I missContinue reading “ADIDAS”
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